Sluch (Belarus)
The Sluch or Northern Sluch (Belarusian: Случ, Паўночная Случ; ‹See Tfd›Russian: Случь, Северная Случь; Lithuanian: Slučė, Šiaurinė Slučė; Slovak: Sluč, Severní Sluč) is a river in Belarus. Rising in Minsk Oblast, it flows past the cities of Salihorsk and Slutsk, finally emptying into the Pripyat. It is 228 kilometres (142 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,260 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi).
The Moroch River (also spelled Morocz or Morach), a right tributary of the Sluch, originates in the Kopyl' Ridge. Under Article 2 of the Treaty of Riga (1921), it defined part of the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.
See also
- Sluch (Ukraine), or Southern Sluch
References
- ^ Случь (река, приток р. Припять), Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Морочь, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Borzecki, Jerzy (2008). The Soviet-Polish Peace of 1921 and the Creation of Interwar Europe. Yale University Press. p. 293. ISBN 9780300145014.
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