The Ūla () is a river which starts in northern
Belarus
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and flows into the
Merkys
The Merkys () is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus. It flows for through Belarus, along the Belarusian–Lithuanian border, and through Lithuania before joining the Nemunas from the right bank near Merkinė.
The Merkys is m ...
river, in southern
Lithuania
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.
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'' It flows in a generally northwesterly direction.
It starts as a confluence of two
channeled river
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s, Provozha (Провожа) and Luchka (Лучка) by the village. From Luchka to
Dubičiai it is known as Pelesa (Padzeyka in Belarus). Its total length is 84 km,
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'', consider Luchka (of length 11 km.) part of Ūla. of which 13,5 km are in
Voranava District,
Grodno Region, Belarus, 3 km are along the
Belarus-Lithuania border, the rest is in
Varėna District
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, Lithuania, of which part flows through the and then in the
Dzūkija National Park
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. It flows into the Merkys near
Paūliai.
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See also
*Kotra (river)
The Kotra (; ) is a river in Belarus and Lithuania. The river is an example of a rare phenomenon of river bifurcation.
At first, the Kotra and Ūla River, Ūla form one river, known as the Pelesa, which originates in Belarus and flows in a nort ...
, the case of Pelyasa/Pelesa river bifurcation
River bifurcation (from , fork) occurs when a river (a ''bifurcating river'') flowing in a single channel (hydrology), channel separates into two or more separate streams (called distributary, ''distributaries'') which then continue downstream ( ...
.
References
Rivers of Grodno region
Rivers of Lithuania
International rivers of Europe
Rivers of Belarus
Belarus–Lithuania border
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