Svislach (Berezina)

Svislach, Svisłač
Svislach, Svisłač
	Svisłač in downtown Minsk
Location
Country	Belarus
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Hrodna Region
Mouth
• location	Berezina
• coordinates	53°25′35″N 28°58′58″E / 53.4263°N 28.9828°ECoordinates: 53°25′35″N 28°58′58″E / 53.4263°N 28.9828°E
Length	327 km (203 mi)
Basin size	5,160 km2 (1,990 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	30 m3/s (1,100 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Berezina→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea

The Svislach or Svislač^[1] (Belarusian: Свіслач, pronounced [ˈsʲvʲisɫatʂ] (listen)), or Svisloch (Russian: Свислочь), is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of the river Berezina. It is 327 kilometres (203 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,160 square kilometres (1,990 sq mi).^[2] The name is derived from the root -visl- 'flowing,' of Indo-European origin (compare the Vistula River).^[3]

Svisłač flows through Minsk, the capital of Belarus.^[2]

References[]

^ official transliteration
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Свислочь (река, приток р. Березины), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 372.

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[1] transliteration

[bse-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Свислочь (река, приток р. Березины), Great Soviet Encyclopedia

[3] E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 372.

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