Western Bug

Bug
Bug River in the vicinity of Wyszków, Poland
Origin	Town of Verkhobuzh (Верхобуж), Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Mouth	Zegrze Lake on the Narew
Basin countries	Ukraine, Poland, Belarus
Length	772 km (480 mi)
Source elevation
Avg. discharge
Basin area	39,420 km² (15,220 mi²)

The Bug or Buh River (Polish: Bug [buk] ( listen); Ukrainian: Західний Буг, Zakhidnyy Buh; Belarusian: Захо́дні Буг, Zakhodni Buh; Russian: Западный Буг, Zapadnyy Bug), sometimes called the Western Bug to distinguish it from the Southern Bug, flows from central Ukraine to the west, forming part of the boundary between Ukraine and Poland, passes along the Polish-Belarusian border and into Poland, and empties into the Narew river near Serock (actually to the artificial Zegrze Lake). The part between the lake and the Vistula River is sometimes referred to as Bugo-Narew. The Vistula River drains into the Baltic Sea.

The Bug is 772 km long (587 km in Poland)^{[citation needed]} and is the 4th longest Polish river. The basin area is 39,420 km² (19,284 km² in Poland). It is connected with the Dnieper river by the Dnieper-Bug Canal.

Traditionally the Bug was also often considered the ethnographical border between Orthodox and Catholic peoples. The Bug was the dividing line between German and Russian forces following the invasion of Poland in the Second World War.

Tributaries

Poltva, Sołokija, Bukowa, Huczwa, Uherka, Włodawka, Krzna, Liwiec, Ług, Mukhavets, Leśna, Nurzec, Brok, Warenzhanka

• Left bank
  • Poltva
  • Bukowa
  • Huczwa
  • Uherka
  • Włodawka
  • Krzna
  • Toczna
  • Liwiec
  • Kałamanka

• Right bank
  • Sołokija
  • Ług
  • Mukhavets
  • Leśna (Leśna Prawa, Leśna Lewa)
  • Nurzec
  • Brok

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bug

• Southern Bug
• Bug Landscape Park
• Rivers of Poland
• Rivers of Ukraine
• Geography of Poland
• Geography of Ukraine

External links

• (Polish) Bug in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1880)

Photo Gallery

Bug River in the vicinity of Włodawa	Bug River in the vicinity of Włodawy	Bug River in the vicinity of Wola Uhruska	Bug River in the vicinity of Nur
Bug River in the vicinity of Wyszków	Confluence of the Bugo-Narew and the Vistula at Modlin	Bug River in the vicinity of Drohiczyn	Bug River near Drohiczyn, A view from the Castle Mountains
Bug River landscape near Nadbużański	Bug River in the vicinity of Małkinia Górna	Bug River in the vicinity of Serpelice	Bug River in the vicinity of Drohiczyn