Sluch | |
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Native name | Случ/ Паўночная Случ (Belarusian) |
Location | |
Country | Belarus |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Minsk Oblast |
Mouth | Pripyat |
• coordinates | 52°08′15″N 27°31′30″E / 52.1375°N 27.525°E |
Length | 228 km (142 mi) |
Basin size | 5,260 km2 (2,030 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 20.3 m3/s (720 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Pripyat→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea |
The Sluch or Northern Sluch (Belarusian: Случ, Паўночная Случ; 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).[1]
The Moroch River (also spelled Morocz or Morach), a right tributary of the Sluch, originates in the Kopyl' Ridge .[2] Under Article 2 of the Treaty of Riga (1921), it defined part of the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.[3]