The Svislach or Svislač ( be, Свіслач, ), or Svisloch (russian: Свислочь), is a river in

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

, a right

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...

of the river

Berezina The Berezina or Biarezina ( be, Бярэ́зіна; ) is a river in Belarus and a right tributary of the Dnieper. The river starts in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve. The length of the Berezina is 613 km. The width of the river is 15-20 m, the ...

. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .Свислочь (река, приток р. Березины)

Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...

The name is derived from the root -''visl''- 'flowing,' of Indo-European origin (compare the

Vistula The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...

River).E.M. Pospelov, ''Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira'' (Moscow, 1998), p. 372. Svisłač flows through

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

, the capital of Belarus.

Gallery

SvislochRiver.jpg, Svislach in Minsk Svislač (Minsk, Belarus) p05.jpg, Svislach in Minsk Svislač (Minsk, Belarus) p06.jpg, Svislach in Minsk Svislač river in Minsk (June 2021) 4.jpg, Svislach near Minsk Svislač river and Minsk WWTP pipes 1.jpg, Svislach near Minsk

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* Rivers of Mogilev Region Rivers of Minsk Region Rivers of Minsk Rivers of Belarus {{Belarus-river-stub se:Svislotj