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 | |
|---|---|
Solokiya in Belz | |
| 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]
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| Black Sea | |
| Bug | |
| Danube | |
| Dnieper (Rapids) | |
| Dniester | |
| Don | |
| Prypiat | |
| San | |
| Sea of Azov | |
| Southern Bug | |
| Syvash |
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