Oressa ( Belor. Aresa, Race ) is a river in the Gomel and Minsk regions , the right tributary of the Bird .
| Oressa | |
|---|---|
| Belor. Aresa | |
 Oressa near the city of Lyuban | |
| Characteristic | |
| Length | 151 km |
| Pool | 3580 km² |
| Water consumption | 15.9 m³ / s (12 km from the mouth) |
| Watercourse | |
| Source | |
| • Coordinates | |
| Mouth | Bird |
| • Height | below 125.5 m |
| • Coordinates | |
| Location | |
| Water system | Bird → Pripyat → Dnipro → Black Sea |
| A country |
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| Regions | Minsk region , Gomel region |
The river is 151 km long, its catchment area is 3,580 km². The average annual water discharge 12 km from the mouth is 15.9 m³ / s [1] . The sources of the river are in Levki, Starodorozhsky district, Minsk region, then the river flows along the Central Berezinsky plain , in the lower reaches - along the Pripyat Polesie . The width of the river in the upper reaches is 5–10 m, in the lower reaches - 30–35 m. In the Polessye part there is a large number of reclamation channels [2] .
On the banks of the river is the city of Luban , 7 km north of which is the Luban Reservoir , as well as the village of Buda .
Tributaries - Solon (left); Talitsa (right); Ovnitsa (right).
The river is also famous for Yanka Kupala 's poem, “ Over the Aresai Cancer .”
Notes
- ↑ Oressa - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- ↑ Blackboard of Belarus: Etsiklapedyya / redkal: N. A. Dzisko i insh. - Minsk: BelEn , 1994 .-- 415 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85700-133-1 . (belor.)