The Solokiya (Ukrainian: Солокія, Polish: Sołokija) is a river in Poland and Ukraine and a tributary of the Bug. Its source is located north of Tomaszów Lubelski and in its upper reaches the Solokiya runs mainly in a southeastern direction. Near the crossing of the Polish-Ukrainian border it turns to the east and after passing through Uhniv and Belz it flows in Chervonohrad as a left affluent into the Western Bug.
Solokiya Sołokija | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland, Ukraine |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | North-Eastern slopes of Roztocze, Poland |
Mouth | |
• location | Bug |
• coordinates | 50.3767°N 24.2417°E / 50.3767; 24.2417 |
Length | 88 km (55 mi) |
Basin size | 939 km2 (363 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Bug→ Narew→ Vistula→ Baltic Sea |
After substantial coal deposits were discovered in its vicinity, part of the river basin was transferred from Poland to the USSR in the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange.[1]
Rivers of Ukraine by tributary or drainage basin | |
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Black Sea | |
Bug | |
Danube | |
Dnieper (Rapids) | |
Dniester | |
Don | |
Prypiat | |
San | |
Sea of Azov | |
Southern Bug | |
Syvash |
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