Bug (rivers)
Bug is the name of two rivers in Europe, pronounced Boog.
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The better known of the two, also known as the Western Bug, or Buh in Ukrainian language, flows from the central Ukraine to the west, forming part of the boundary between that nation and Poland, passes along the Polish-Belarusian border, within Poland, and empties into the Narew river near Serock (actually to the artficial Zegrzyn Lake). It is 772 km long (most part (587 km) is in Poland; 4th longest Polish river) and has a basin area of 39,420 sq. km (19,284 in Poland).
Pełtew
Sołokija
Bukowa
Huczwa
Uherka
Włodawka
Krzna
Liwiec
Ług
Muchawiec
Leśna
Nurzec
Brok
The other Bug (or Boh) River, also known as the Southern Bug or Southern Buh ancient Greeks called it Hipanis, is entirely located in Ukraine. It rises in the west, in Podolia Upland, about 90 miles from the Polish border, and flows southeasterly into the Black Sea. It is 853 km (530 mi) long.
Western Bug
Cities
Tributaries
Southern Bug
See also
