Svislach (Berezina) Explained

Svislach
Mouth Coordinates:53.4263°N 28.9828°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:327km (203miles)
Discharge1 Avg:30m3/s
Basin Size:5160km2
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The Svislach (Belarusian: Свіслач|Śvislač,[1] in Belarusian pronounced as /ˈsʲvʲisɫatʂ/) or Svisloch (Russian: Свислочь) is a river in Belarus. A right-bank tributary of the river Berezina, the Svislach is long, and has a drainage basin of .[2]

Its name is derived from the root -visl- 'flowing,' of Indo-European origin (compare Vistula).[3]

The Svislach flows through Minsk, the capital of Belarus.[2]

Notes and References

  1. [Instruction on transliteration of Belarusian geographical names with letters of Latin script|official transliteration]
  2. http://bse.sci-lib.com/article100322.html Свислочь (река, приток р. Березины)
  3. E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 372.