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

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