Sluch (Belarus)

{{Other uses|Sluch (disambiguation){{!}}Sluch}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Sluch

| native_name = {{native name|be|Случ/ Паўночная Случ}}

| image =

| image_caption =

| source1_location = Minsk Oblast

| mouth = Pripyat

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52.1375|N|27.525|E|source:kolossus-plwiki|display=it}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Belarus

| length = {{convert|228|km|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation =

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|20.3|m3/s|abbr=on}}

| basin_size = {{convert|5,260|km2|abbr=on}}

| progression = {{RPripyat}}

}}

The Sluch or Northern Sluch ({{langx|be|Случ, Паўночная Случ}}; {{langx|ru|Случь, Северная Случь}}; {{langx|lt|Slučė, Šiaurinė Slučė}}; {{langx|sk|Sluč, Severní Sluč}}) is a river in Belarus. Rising in Minsk Oblast, it flows past the cities of Salihorsk and Slutsk, finally emptying into the Pripyat. It is {{convert|228|km}} long, and has a drainage basin of {{convert|5260|km2}}.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article103403.html Случь (река, приток р. Припять)], Great Soviet Encyclopedia

The {{ill|Moroch River|qid=Q2662391}} (also spelled Morocz or Morach), a right tributary of the Sluch, originates in the {{ill|Kopyl' Ridge|qid=Q2500823}}.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article078223.html Морочь], Great Soviet Encyclopedia Under Article 2 of the Treaty of Riga (1921), it defined part of the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.{{cite book |first=Jerzy |last=Borzecki |title=The Soviet-Polish Peace of 1921 and the Creation of Interwar Europe |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2008 |isbn=9780300145014 |page=293}}

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