The Yaselda (, alternative transliteration ''Jasieĺda'', , ) is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in Brest Region in south-west

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 ...

. It is linked via the

Dnieper–Bug Canal The Dnieper–Bug Canal (alternatively the Dnepr-Bug Canal), or the Dneprovsko-Bugsky Canal, is the longest inland ship canal in Belarus. It connects the Mukhavets River (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Pina River (a tributary of the P ...

to the city of

Pinsk Pinsk (; , ; ; ; ) is a city in Brest Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Pinsk District, though it is administratively separated from the district. It is located in the historical region of Polesia, at the confluence of t ...

. It is a left tributary of the

Pripyat Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat (river), Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth ''atomgrad'' ...

. The Yaselda is connected to the

Oginski Canal The Oginski Canal is a canal in Belarus which connects the Yaselda and Shchara rivers. Its length is 54 km. Its construction was started in 1765 by prince Michał Kazimierz Ogiński Michał Kazimierz Ogiński ( – ) was a Polish noble ...

. It is long, with a

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

.Ясельда

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Yaselda in literature

* The Slaughterman's Daughter by

Yaniv Iczkovits Yaniv Iczkovits (; born May 2, 1975) is an Israeli writer known for his novels, essays and philosophical work. His 2015 fantasy-historical adventure novel '' The Slaughterman's Daughter'', with an unlikely assortment of Jewish characters on a que ...

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* Rivers of Brest region Rivers of Grodno region Rivers of Belarus {{Belarus-river-stub