- Boh redirects here; see also BOH tea. The Western Bug or Buh is another river which flows from Ukraine through Poland.
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| Origin | Ukraine |
| Mouth | Black Sea |
| Basin countries | Ukraine |
| Length | 806 km (501 mi) |
| Basin area | 63,700 km² (24,595 mi²) |
The Southern Buh, Bug, or Boh River (Ukrainian: Південний Буг, Pivdennyi Buh; Polish: Boh; Russian: Южный Буг, Yuzhny Bug; ancient Greek: Hypanis, Ottoman Turkish: Aksu) is entirely located in Ukraine. It rises in the west, in the Podolian uplands, about 145 km from the Polish border, and flows southeasterly into the Black Sea through the southern steppe. It is 806 km long and drains 63,700 km².
Its Roman name could be translated as "angle", as nowadays Bug. During the Big Migrations Era the river Bug was an important obstacle to all the migrating tribes, which stopped after in the laterly city of Chisinau, i.e. Kishinev, nowadays in the Republic of Moldova. This is why the name of Chishineu originally translates as "The camp". Major cities on the Bug banks: Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv.
 Confluence of the rivers Southern Bug and Inhul in Mykolaiv. |
 The Ploska River emptying into the Southern Buh. |
 Southern Bug, Vinnytsia |
External links
- (Polish) Boh in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1880)
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