The Svislach (or Śvislač) official transliteration (, ), ), is a river in Grodno Oblast,

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 a ...

, a left tributary of the

Neman Neman, Nemunas or Niemen is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms Lithuania–Russia border, the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its s ...

. A stretch of it runs along the

Belarus–Poland border The Belarusian–Polish border is the state border between the Republic of Poland (EU member) and the Republic of Belarus ( Union State). It has a total length of , or

. The source of the river is near the town of

Svislach Svislach or Svisloch is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Svislach District. It is connected with the town Vawkavysk by a railroad branch and with Grodno city by a highway. As of 2025, it has a popula ...

,''Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich'', Vol. XI
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/ref> in the south-west of Grodno Region, Belarus. It flows first in a westerly direction, before turning north, following the Polish border, near the village Dublany. Near

Ozierany Małe Ozierany Małe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krynki, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Krynki, south-east of Sok� ...

it leaves the border and flows northeast to its confluence with the

at the small town

, southeast of

Grodno Grodno, or Hrodna, is a city in western Belarus. It is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. The city is located on the Neman, Neman River, from Minsk, about from the Belarus–Poland border, border with Poland, and from the Belarus–Lithua ...

. Some of its tributaries are

Odła Odła ( - ''Odla'') is a river of Poland and Belarus, a tributary of the Svislach. Its source is near the village Zubrzyca Mała Zubrzyca Mała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szudziałowo, within Sokółka County, Podlaski ...

and Usnarka.

References

Rivers of Grodno region Rivers of Poland Rivers of Podlaskie Voivodeship Belarus–Poland border Rivers of Belarus {{belarus-river-stub