Bug (river)

Coordinates: 52°30′29.286″N 21°5′2.688″E / 52.50813500°N 21.08408000°E / 52.50813500; 21.08408000
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Bug
Wyszków, Poland
Bug River
Native name
Location
CountryPoland, Belarus, Ukraine
Voivodeship
Region
Oblast
Podlaskie, Mazovian, Lublin, Brest, Lviv
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnear Verkhobuzh, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
 • coordinates49°52′0.5736″N 25°5′48.609″E / 49.866826000°N 25.09683583°E / 49.866826000; 25.09683583
 • elevation310 m (1,020 ft)
MouthNarew
 • location
near Serock, Poland
 • coordinates
52°30′29.286″N 21°5′2.688″E / 52.50813500°N 21.08408000°E / 52.50813500; 21.08408000
 • elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Length774 km (481 mi)
Basin size38,712 km2 (14,947 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationSerock
 • average1 m3/s (35 cu ft/s)
Discharge 
 • locationNarew
 • average155 m3/s (5,500 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionNarewVistulaBaltic Sea

The Bug or Western Bug[a] is a major river in Eastern Europe that flows through Belarus (border), Poland, and Ukraine, with a total length of 774 kilometres (481 mi).[1] A tributary of the Narew, the Bug forms part of the border between Belarus and Poland for 178 kilometres (111 mi) and part of the border between Ukraine and Poland for 185 kilometres (115 mi).[2][3]

The Bug is connected with the

Dnieper-Bug Canal. Out of its 38,712 square kilometres (14,947 sq mi) drainage basin, half is in Poland,[1] just over a quarter in Belarus, and slightly under a quarter in Ukraine.[2]

History

According to Zbigniew Gołąb, the Slavic hydronym Bug as *bugъ/*buga derives from Indo-European verbal root *bheug- (having cognates in old Germanic word *bheugh- etc. with the meaning of "bend, turn, moves away"), with the hypothetical original meaning of "pertaining to a (river) bend", and derivatives in Russian búga ("low banks of a river, overgrown with bushes"), Polish bugaj ("bushes or woods in a river valley or on a steep river bank"), and Latvian bauga ("marshy place by a river").[4]

Traditionally, e.g. by the drafters of the

Catholic (Poles) peoples.[5][verification needed
]

The Bug was part of the frontier between the territories occupied by Austria, Russia and Prussia after the

German–Soviet Frontier Treaty of 28 September 1939 following the September 1939 invasion of Poland in the Second World War
.

Geographic characteristics

, Poland

The Bug is a left tributary of the

This part of the Narew between the confluence and the Vistula is sometimes referred to as Bugo-Narew but on December 27, 1962, the Prime Minister of Poland's act abolished the name "Bugo-Narew", soon after Zegrze Lake was completed.[6]

On the Bug, a few kilometers from the

Dnieper-Bug Canal
.

Basin

The total basin area of the Bug is 38,712 square kilometres (14,947 sq mi) of which half, 19,239 square kilometres (7,428 sq mi) or, 50%, is in Poland.[1] Somewhat more than a quarter, 11,400 square kilometres (4,400 sq mi) or 29%, is in Belarus, and a bit under a quarter, 8,700 square kilometres (3,400 sq mi) or 22% lies in Ukraine.[2]

The climate of the Bug basin is temperate.[2]

The basin experiences annual high-water levels during spring flooding due to thawing snow, after which a low flow period starts and lasts until October or mid-November. Occasional summer floods often occur in the headlands, where mountains influence favorable

flash-flood conditions. In Autumn the water level increases are inconsiderable; in some years they do not happen at all. During the winter the river can have temporary ice-outs that sometimes provoke ice jams, causing an increase of the level up to 2 metres (6.6 ft). The resultant water levels are changeable due to the instability of ice cover.[2]

Flooding

Significant floods during the last 60 years in Belarus were registered in 1958, 1962, 1967, 1971 and 1974.[2] The largest spring flood was observed in 1979, when the maximum water discharge was 19.1 cubic metres per second on 24 March 1979, at the village of Chersk; 166 cubic metres per second near the village of Tyukhinichi (Lyasnaya river) on 31 March 1979; and 269 cubic metres per second near Brest on 1 April 1979. A similar spring flood occurred in 1999 when the spring run-off in March–May exceeded the average annual value by almost half again (48%).

The last time the Bug flooded in Poland and Ukraine was in 2010 and the last time it flooded in Belarus was in 1999.[2]

Tributaries

Photo gallery

  • Bug River in the vicinity of Włodawa
    Bug River in the vicinity of Włodawa
  • Bug River in the vicinity of Nur
    Bug River in the vicinity of Nur
  • Bug River in the vicinity of Drohiczyn
    Bug River in the vicinity of Drohiczyn
  • Bug River landscape near Nadbużański
    Bug River landscape near Nadbużański
  • Bug River in the vicinity of Małkinia Górna
    Bug River in the vicinity of Małkinia Górna
  • Bug River in the vicinity of Serpelice
    Bug River in the vicinity of Serpelice

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Polish: Bug [buk] , Ukrainian: Західний Буг, Zakhidnyi Buh, Belarusian: Захо́дні Буг, Zakhodni Buh; Russian: Западный Буг, Zapadnyy Bug

Sources

  1. ^
    Statistics Poland
    , p. 85-86
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h D.François; J. Kikken; P. Moiret; J. Paulzen; B. Stevens (2010). "Characteristics and cross-border cooperation within the river basins of the FLOOD-WISE project" (PDF). Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Maastricht, the Netherlands. pp. 49–55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus. Main characteristics of the largest rivers of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. Data of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. ^ "POLSKIE PRZESIEDLENIA - HISTORIA NIEZNANA". www.lwow.com.pl. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ^ (in Polish) "Monitor Polski" 1963, nr 3, poz. 6
  6. ^ "Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus". Land of Ancestors. The Scientific and Production State Republican Unitary Enterprise “National Cadastre Agency” of the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.

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