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Drut (river)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Drut or Druts (Belarusian, Druć, [drut͡sʲ], [drutʲ]) is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of Dnieper. It originates in the Orsha Upland in the Belarusian Ridge and flows through the Vitebsk, Mogilev and Gomel regions of Belarus. It is 295 kilometres (183 mi) long, and has a 5,020 square kilometres (1, 940 sq mi) drainage basin. The cities of Talachyn, Kruhlaye, Byalynichy, and Rahachow are located on the Drut. The Chihirin Reservoir on the Drut river has an area of 21.1 square kilometers (8.1 sq mi).

Flows through: Belarus.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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