Mukhavets River

Mukhavets River
The Mukhavets River at Brest, Belarus
Country	Belarus
Basin
Main source	Pruzhany, Belarus
River mouth	Bug River
Basin size	6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	113 km (70 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 33.6 m3/s (1,190 cu ft/s)

Mukhavets (Belarusian: Мухаве́ц (Muchaviec), [muxaˈvʲets], BGN/PCGN romanization: Mukhavyets; Polish: Muchawiec) is a river in western Belarus, a tributary to the Bug River.

The river rises in Pruzhany, Belarus, where the Mukha river and the Viets canal are converging, flows in the south-western Belarus and empties into 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

• Pruzhany
• Kobrin
• Zhabinka
• Brest

Tributaries

• Dachlovka
• Zhabinka
• Trascianica
• Asipaǔka
• Ryta

External links

• About the river in Brest

Books

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

Coordinates: 52°05′01″N 23°38′54″E / 52.0835°N 23.6482°E / 52.0835; 23.6482