The Ūla () is a river which starts in northern

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and flows into the

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river, in southern

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'' It flows in a generally northwesterly direction. It starts as a confluence of two channeled rivers, Provozha (Провожа) and Luchka (Лучка) by the village. From Luchka to Dubičiai it is known as Pelesa (Padzeyka in Belarus). Its total length is 84 km,''Note:'' Sources may have discrepancies in the values of lengths, because some of them, such as the ''

'', consider Luchka (of length 11 km.) part of Ūla. of which 13,5 km are in Voranava District, Grodno Region, Belarus, 3 km are along the Belarus-Lithuania border, the rest is in Varėna District, Lithuania, of which part flows through the and then in the Dzūkija National Park. It flows into the Merkys near Paūliai.

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Rivers of Grodno region Rivers of Lithuania International rivers of Europe Rivers of Belarus Belarus–Lithuania border {{Belarus-river-stub

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