Svislach River
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| Svislach River | |
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Svislach in downtown Minsk
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| Country | Belarus |
| Basin | |
| Main source | Grodno Region, Belarus |
| River mouth | Biarezina |
| Basin size | 5,160 km2 (1,990 sq mi) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 327 km (203 mi) |
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Svislach (Belarusian: Свíслач, pronounced [ˈsʲvʲisɫatʂ] (
listen)) 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[edit]
- ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 372.
External links[edit]
Media related to Svislach River at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 53°54′39″N 27°33′14″E / 53.910833°N 27.553889°E
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