Mukhavets River

Mukhavets River
Mukhavets River

The Mukhavets River at Brest, Belarus
Origin Pruzhany, Belarus
Mouth Bug River
Basin countries Belarus
Length 113 km (70 mi)
Source elevation  
Avg. discharge 33,6 m³/s
Basin area 6,600 km² (2,548 mi²)

Mukhavets (Belarusian: Мухаве́ц (Muchaviec), [muxaˈvʲets]; Polish: Muchawiec) is a river in western Belarus, a tributary to the Bug River.

The river rises in Pruzhany, Belarus where the Mukha river and the Viets canal are converging, flows in the south-western Belarus and empties into the Bug River in Brest.

The river is 113 km long. The basin area is 6,600 km².

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

Cities

Tributaries

  • Dachlovka
  • Zhabinka
  • Trascianica
  • Asipaǔka
  • Ryta

External links

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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