Mukhavets

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Mukhavets River
Mukhavets.jpg
The Mukhavets River at Brest, Belarus
Location
CountryBelarus
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of River Mukha and Viets Canal
 • locationPruzhany, Belarus
 • coordinates52°33′48.96″N 24°27′8.28″E / 52.5636000°N 24.4523000°E / 52.5636000; 24.4523000
MouthBug
 • location
Brest
 • coordinates
52°4′52.11″N 23°39′8.5″E / 52.0811417°N 23.652361°E / 52.0811417; 23.652361
Length113 km (70 mi)
Basin size6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average33.6 m3/s (1,190 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionBugNarewVistulaBaltic Sea

The Mukhavets (Belarusian: Мухаве́ц (Muchaviec), [muxaˈvʲets], BGN/PCGN romanization: Mukhavyets; Polish: Muchawiec) is a river in western Belarus, a tributary to the Bug.

The river rises in Pruzhany, Belarus, where the river and the  [be] canal converge, flows through south-western Belarus and merges with the Bug River in Brest.

The river is 113 km long. The basin area is 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi).

The river is connected with the Dnieper river by the Dnieper–Bug Canal.

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Books[]

  • (in Russian, English and Polish) Ye.N.Meshechko, A.A.Gorbatsky (2005) Belarusian Polesye: Tourist Transeuropean Water Mains, Minsk, Four Quarters

Coordinates: 52°05′01″N 23°38′54″E / 52.0835°N 23.6482°E / 52.0835; 23.6482


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