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Sluch (Belarus)
River in Belarus
The Sluch or Northern Sluch (Belarusian: Случ, Паўночная Случ; Russian: Случь, Северная Случь; Lithuanian: Slučė, Šiaurinė Slučė; Slovak: 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.
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It is 228 kilometres (142 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,260 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi). The Moroch River (also spelled Morocz or Morach), a right tributary of the Sluch, originates in the Kopyl' Ridge. Under Article 2 of the Treaty of Riga (1921), it defined part of the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.
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