Sluch (Belarus)

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]

Sluch
Native name	Случ/ Паўночная Случ (Belarusian)
Location
Country	Belarus
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Minsk Oblast
Mouth	Pripyat
• coordinates	52.1375°N 27.525°E / 52.1375; 27.525
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 Moroch River [Wikidata] (also spelled Morocz or Morach), a right tributary of the Sluch, originates in the Kopyl' Ridge [Wikidata].^[2] Under Article 2 of the Treaty of Riga (1921), it defined part of the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.^[3]

See also

• Sluch (Ukraine), or Southern Sluch