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Zel’vyanka River
The Zelvyanka (; ; ) is a river in Belarus, a left tributary of the Neman.''The Blue Book of Belarus'' (Блакітная кніга Беларусі). - Minsk, Belarusian Encyclopedia Publishers, 1994. The river originates between the villages of Lidzyany (Лідзяны, Лидяны) and Kulyavichy (Кулявічы, Кулёвичи) in Svislach District and flows through Grodno Region and Brest Region (Vawkavysk District, Pruzhany District, Zelva District and Masty District). Its tributaries are Shchyba, Ruzhanka, Ivanawka, Sasva, Samarawka, and Yukhnawka. Settlements: Masty, Belarus, Masty (by the mouth), Zelva, Papyernya. References Rivers of Brest region Rivers of Grodno region Rivers of Belarus {{Belarus-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an area of with a population of . The country has a hemiboreal climate and is administratively divided into Regions of Belarus, six regions. Minsk is the capital and List of cities and largest towns in Belarus, largest city; it is administered separately as a city with special status. For most of the medieval period, the lands of modern-day Belarus was ruled by independent city-states such as the Principality of Polotsk. Around 1300 these lands came fully under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; this period lasted for 500 years until the Partitions of Poland, 1792-1795 partitions of Poland-Lithuania placed Belarus within the Belarusian history in the Russian Empire, Russian Empire for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |