Sluch (Ukraine)
river in Ukraine
The Sluch or Southern Sluch (Ukrainian: Случ; Russian: Случь, Южная Случь; Polish: Słucz; Czech: Sluč, Jižní Sluč) is a river in Ukraine. It is a right tributary of the Horyn. It has a length of 451 kilometres (280 mi) and a drainage basin of 13,800 square kilometres (5,300 sq mi). The Sluch takes its source in the Ukrainian oblast of Khmelnytskyi. It then flows through the Zhytomyr and Rivne oblasts, and briefly along the Ukrainian-Belarusian border before finally emptying into the Horyn.
Cities and towns located on the Sluch river include: Zviahel, Berezne, and Sarny.
Geography
The source of the Sluch is situated near Hubkov, in the Podolian Upland. It flows from a small lake near the village of Chervony Sluch of Halchynetska village council of Theophyll district of the Khmelnytsky Oblast. In the lower reaches in the Podolian Lowland. First, it flows east, then gradually returns to the north, then to the northwest, and from the city of Sarny - again to the north.
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