Svislach (Berezina)
River in Belarus
- Свіслач (Belarusian)
- Свислочь (Russian)
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The Svislach (Belarusian: Свіслач, romanized: Śvislač,[1] pronounced [ˈsʲvʲisɫatʂ] ⓘ) or Svisloch (Russian: Свислочь) is a river in Belarus. A right-bank tributary of the river Berezina, the Svislach is 327 kilometres (203 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,160 square kilometres (1,990 sq mi).[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]
Gallery
- Svislach in Minsk
- Svislach in Minsk
- Svislach in Minsk
- Svislach near Minsk
- Svislach near Minsk
References
- ^ official transliteration
- ^ a b Свислочь (река, приток р. Березины), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 372.
External links
- Media related to Svislač River at Wikimedia Commons
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