Bug (river)

Bug
Bug
	Bug River in the vicinity of Wyszków, Poland
	Bug River
Native name	Bug (Polish); Західний Буг (Ukrainian); Заходні Буг (Belarusian); Западный Буг (Russian);
Location
Country	Poland, Belarus, Ukraine
Voivodeship; Region; Oblast	Podlaskie, Mazovian, Lublin, Brest, Lviv
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Verkhobuzh, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
• coordinates	49°52′0.5736″N 25°5′48.609″E / 49.866826000°N 25.09683583°E
• elevation	310 m (1,020 ft)
Mouth	Narew
• location	near Serock, Poland
• coordinates	52°30′29.286″N 21°5′2.688″E / 52.50813500°N 21.08408000°E
• elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Length	774 km (481 mi)
Basin size	38,712 km2 (14,947 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Serock
• average	1 m3/s (35 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Narew
• average	155 m3/s (5,500 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Narew→ Vistula→ Baltic Sea

The Bug or Western Bug^[a] is a major river in Eastern Europe that flows through Belarus (border), Poland, and Ukraine, with a total length of 774 kilometres (481 mi).^[1] A tributary of the Narew, the Bug forms part of the border between Belarus and Poland for 178 kilometres (111 mi) and part of the border between Ukraine and Poland for 185 kilometres (115 mi).^[2]^[3]

The Bug is connected with the Dnieper by the Dnieper-Bug Canal. Out of its 38,712 square kilometres (14,947 sq mi) drainage basin, half is in Poland,^[1] just over a quarter in Belarus, and slightly under a quarter in Ukraine.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017, Statistics Poland, p. 85-86
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^ "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus. Main characteristics of the largest rivers of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2013.

[yearbook-2] Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017, Statistics Poland, p. 85-86

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[statistics-4] "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus. Main characteristics of the largest rivers of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2013.

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