Sluch (Belarus) Explained

Sluch
Mouth Coordinates:52.1375°N 27.525°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:228km (142miles)
Discharge1 Avg:20.3m3/s
Basin Size:5260km2

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 long, and has a drainage basin of .[1]

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

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Notes and References

  1. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article103403.html Случь (река, приток р. Припять)
  2. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article078223.html Морочь
  3. Book: Borzecki, Jerzy . The Soviet-Polish Peace of 1921 and the Creation of Interwar Europe . Yale University Press . 2008 . 9780300145014 . 293.