Ūla
Ūla | |
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A bend in the river Ūla | |
Location | |
Country | Lithuania and Belarus |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Grodno Region |
Mouth | Merkys |
• coordinates | 54°09′50″N 24°20′11″E / 54.16389°N 24.33639°E / 54.16389; 24.33639 |
Length | 84 km (52 mi) |
Basin size | 753 km2 (291 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 5.58 m3/s (197 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Merkys→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
The Ūla (Belarusian: Ула) is a river which starts in northern Belarus and flows into the Merkys river, in southern Lithuania.[1] It flows in a generally northwesterly direction.
It starts as a confluence of two channeled rivers, Provozha (Провожа) and Luchka (Лучка) by the Padeyki [be] village.[2] From Luchka to Dubičiai it is known as Pelesa (Padzeyka in Belarus).[3] Its total length is 84 km,[4] of which 13,5 km are in Voranava District, Grodno Region, Belarus, 3 km are along the Belarus-Lithuania border, the rest is in Varėna District, Lithuania, of which part flows through the Ūla Landscape Reserve [lt] and then in the Dzūkija National Park. It flows into the Merkys near Paūliai.[1]
See also
- Kotra (river), the case of Pelyasa/Pelesa river bifurcation.
References
- ^ a b Ūla, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
- ^ The Nature of Belarus, vol. 2 "Climate and Water", 2009, p. 458
- ^ Таблица Г.1.1 – Общая характеристика речной сети Гродненской области
- ^ Note: Sources may have discrepancies in the values of lengths, because some of them, such as the Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia, consider Luchka (of length 11 km.) part of Ūla.
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