Solokiya River

Solokiya
	Solokiya in Belz
Other name(s)	Sołokija
Country	Poland, Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Main source	North-Eastern slopes of Roztocze, Poland
River mouth	Bug River; 50°22′36″N 24°14′30″E / 50.3767°N 24.2417°ECoordinates: 50°22′36″N 24°14′30″E / 50.3767°N 24.2417°E
Length	88 km (55 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Bug→ Narew→ Vistula→ Baltic Sea
Basin size	939 km2 (363 sq mi)

The Solokiya (Ukrainian: Солокія, Polish: Sołokija) is a river in Poland and the Ukraine and a tributary of the Bug River. Its source is located north of Tomaszów Lubelski and in its upper reaches the Solokiya runs mainly in a southeastern direction. Near the crossing of the Polish-Ukrainian border it turns to the east and after passing through Uhniv and Belz it flows in Chervonohrad as a left affluent into the Western Bug.

After substantial coal deposits were discovered in its vicinity, part of the river basin was transferred from Poland to the USSR in the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange.^[1]

References

↑ British and Foreign State Papers 1953 -- Page 1171 "... according to the map in .the scale 1 : 500,000 annexed hereto(2) conceding additionally to Poland : (a) Territory situated to the east of the " Curzon Line " up to the river Western Bug and the river Solokiya, the south of the town of Krylov, with ."

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[1] British and Foreign State Papers 1953 -- Page 1171 "... according to the map in .the scale 1 : 500,000 annexed hereto(2) conceding additionally to Poland : (a) Territory situated to the east of the " Curzon Line " up to the river Western Bug and the river Solokiya, the south of the town of Krylov, with ."