Svislach (Berezina)
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| Svislach River | |
|---|---|
 Svislach in downtown Minsk | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Grodno Region, Belarus |
| Mouth | |
• location | Biarezina |
| Length | 327 km (203 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,160 km2 (1,990 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 30 m3/s (1,100 cu ft/s) |
Svislach (Belarusian: Свíслач, pronounced [ˈsʲvʲisɫatʂ] ) or Svisloch (Russian: Свислочь) is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of the Biarezina river. It is 327 km in length. The name is derived from the root -visl- 'flowing,' of Indo-European origin (compare the Vistula River).[1]
Svislach flows through Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
References
- ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 372.
External links
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