Sluch (Belarus)

Sluch
Map
Native nameСлуч/ Паўночная Случ (Belarusian)
Location
CountryBelarus
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMinsk Oblast
MouthPripyat
 • coordinates
52°08′15″N 27°31′30″E / 52.1375°N 27.525°E / 52.1375; 27.525
Length228 km (142 mi)
Basin size5,260 km2 (2,030 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average20.3 m3/s (720 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionPripyat→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Sluch or Northern Sluch (Belarusian: Случ, Паўночная Случ; Russian: Случь, Северная Случь; Lithuanian: Slučė, Šiaurinė Slučė; Slovak: Sluč, Severní Sluč) is a river in Belarus. Rising in Minsk Oblast, it flows past the cities of Salihorsk and Slutsk, finally emptying into the Pripyat. It is 228 kilometres (142 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,260 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi).[1]

The Moroch River [Wikidata] (also spelled Morocz or Morach), a right tributary of the Sluch, originates in the Kopyl' Ridge [Wikidata].[2] Under Article 2 of the Treaty of Riga (1921), it defined part of the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Случь (река, приток р. Припять), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Морочь, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Borzecki, Jerzy (2008). The Soviet-Polish Peace of 1921 and the Creation of Interwar Europe. Yale University Press. p. 293. ISBN 9780300145014.


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