Mukhavets

The Mukhavets or Mukhovets (Belarusian: Мухаве́ц (Muchaviec), [muxaˈvʲets], BGN/PCGN romanization: Mukhavyets; Russian: Мухове́ц (Muchovec), Polish: Muchawiec) is a river in western Belarus, a tributary of the Bug.

Mukhavets River
The Mukhavets River at Brest, Belarus
Location
CountryBelarus
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of River Mukha and Viets Canal
  locationPruzhany, Belarus
  coordinates52°33′48.96″N 24°27′8.28″E
MouthBug
  location
Brest
  coordinates
52°4′52.11″N 23°39′8.5″E
Length113 km (70 mi)
Basin size6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average33.6 m3/s (1,190 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionBugNarewVistulaBaltic Sea

The river rises in Pruzhany, Belarus, where the Mukha river and the Vyets canal converge, flows through south-western Belarus and merges with 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

  • Dakhlowka
  • Zhabinka
  • Trastsyanitsa
  • Asipowka
  • Ryta

Books

  • (in Russian, English and Polish) Ye.N.Meshechko, A.A.Gorbatsky (2005) Belarusian Polesye: Tourist Transeuropean Water Mains, Minsk, Four Quarters

52.0835°N 23.6482°E / 52.0835; 23.6482


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