Mukhavets River

Mukhavets River
The Mukhavets River at Brest, Belarus
Country  Belarus
Physical characteristics
Main source Confluence of River Mukha and Viets Canal
Pruzhany, Belarus
52°33′48.96″N 24°27′8.28″E / 52.5636000°N 24.4523000°E / 52.5636000; 24.4523000
River mouth Bug River
Brest
52°4′52.11″N 23°39′8.5″E / 52.0811417°N 23.652361°E / 52.0811417; 23.652361
Length 113 km (70 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    33.6 m3/s (1,190 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Basin size 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi)

Mukhavets (Belarusian: Мухаве́ц (Muchaviec), [muxaˈvʲets], BGN/PCGN romanization: Mukhavyets; 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 converge, 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 (2,500 sq mi).

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

Cities

Tributaries

  • Dachlovka
  • Zhabinka
  • Trascianica
  • Asipaǔka
  • Ryta

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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