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Mukhavets

Coordinates: 52°05′01″N 23°38′54″E / 52.0835°N 23.6482°E / 52.0835; 23.6482
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Mukhavets River
The Mukhavets River at Brest, Belarus
Map
Location
CountryBelarus
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of River Mukha and Viets Canal
 • locationPruzhany, Belarus
 • coordinates52°33′48.96″N 24°27′8.28″E / 52.5636000°N 24.4523000°E / 52.5636000; 24.4523000
MouthBug
 • location
Brest
 • coordinates
52°4′52.11″N 23°39′8.5″E / 52.0811417°N 23.652361°E / 52.0811417; 23.652361
Length113 km (70 mi)
Basin size6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average33.6 m3/s (1,190 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionBugNarewVistulaBaltic Sea

The Mukhavets (Belarusian: Мухавец, romanizedMukhaviets [muxaˈvʲets]; Russian: Муховец, romanizedMukhovets, Polish: Muchawiec) is a river in western Belarus.

A tributary of the Bug River, the Mukhavets rises in Pruzhany, Belarus, where the Mukha river and the Vyets [be] canal converge, flows through south-western Belarus and merges with the Bug River in Brest.

The river is 113 km long with a 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi) basin area.

The Mukhavets is connected with the Dnieper river by the Dnieper–Bug Canal.

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Books

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

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