The Bug River (Polish: Bug [buk] (
listen); Ukrainian: Західний Буг, Zakhidnyy Buh or Western Bug; Belarusian: Захо́дні Буг, Zakhodni Buh; Russian: Западный Буг, Zapadnyy Bug) is a left tributary of the Narew river which flows from central Ukraine to the west, passing along the Ukraine-Polish and Polish-Belarusian border and into Poland, where it empties into the Narew river near Serock. 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 830 km long[1] (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.
Allegory of the Western Bug River, a statue on the terrace of the Palace on the Island in Łazienki Królewskie, Warsaw
Poltva, Sołokija, Bukowa, Huczwa, Uherka, Włodawka, Krzna, Liwiec, Ług, Mukhavets, Leśna, Nurzec, Brok, Warenzhanka
listen); Ukrainian: Західний Буг, Zakhidnyy Buh or Western Bug; Belarusian: Захо́дні Буг, Zakhodni Buh; Russian: Западный Буг, Zapadnyy Bug) is a left tributary of the Narew river which flows from central Ukraine to the west, passing along the Ukraine-Polish and Polish-Belarusian border and into Poland, where it empties into the Narew river near Serock. 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 830 km long[1] (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
- Right bank
- Sołokija
- Ług
- Mukhavets
- Leśna (Leśna Prawa, Leśna Lewa)
- Nurzec
- Brok
Photo gallery
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Bug River in the vicinity of Włodawa
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Bug River in the vicinity of Włodawy
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Bug River in the vicinity of Wola Uhruska
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Bug River in the vicinity of Nur
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Bug River in the vicinity of Wyszków
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Bug River in the vicinity of Drohiczyn
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Bug River near Drohiczyn, A view from the Castle Mountains
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Bug River landscape near Nadbużański
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Bug River in the vicinity of Małkinia Górna
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Bug River in the vicinity of Serpelice
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Bug River in the vicinity of Drohiczyn
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