Another important river, irrigating part of Dregovichi - the ancient Berestey land - at. Boo. It starts in the Carpathians and flows for 686 miles, flowing into the Vistula on the right side. The most important of its tributaries are the Lgukhaveche, Narev and Nureshche.
The system of the upper Dnepropetrovsk River and its main tributary Pripyat covers the entire middle Blorussia and has the primary significance that it connects the internal parts of this country with the outlying rivers: the Volga system, Dvina, Nmanom and Bug.
Dnieper begins in Smolensk. lips to Bylsk. u. from a small lake Mshara, lying in the swamps of the Volkovsky Forest, at 55021's. w. and 51021’ in. e. The length of its flow to the confluence of the Black Sea reaches up to 1700 centuries; the general direction of the flow is from the village. to the south The banks of the Dnieper are extremely diverse, but in general the right bank is elevated and dominates the left; Almost all the cities were built on the right, elevated bank, since its left banks are mostly subject to strong spring floods, preventing proper communication. Verkhy Dn$pr is not navigable to Dorogobuzh; it flows on gently sloping, low-lying banks, with a width of 3 to 6 ares. The banks are more elevated - after falling on the right side of the small Iberdi river, the bottom becomes sandy in places, rocky in others. At the mouth of Vyazma, the width of the Dnieper reaches 25 fathoms or more; The banks in this area are high, often steep, and intersected by ravines and hollows. From Dorogobuzh DnZir flows through open valleys about 3 versts wide, narrowing near the village. Sheveleva to 11/, v. After the river flowed The banks of the Dnieper represent a low-lying swampy valley covered with meadows and forests. Below Smolensk, the right bank becomes dominant over the left, with the exception of the swampy low-lying mouths of Pripyat and Teterev. Of the left tributaries of the Dnieper that wash the Belarusian River, the most important is nye: Vyazma, Osma, Sozh and Desna. Of these, the Sozh originates in the swamps of the southern part of the Smolensk region. Its length before the confluence with the Dnfpr is 500 centuries; no less important were its tributaries: Pronya, Besed, Iput, etc. Another important tributary of the Dnipro, the Desna, belongs to the Belarusian region only with its upper reaches and connects its eastern parts with the middle flow of the Dnipro, the Desna begins in the Elninsky district. Smolensk province, not far from the mountains. Elny, near the village of Yaroslavl; the total length of its current is 700 centuries, but in Smol. lips it passes only 100 centuries: the most important of the tributaries is the Rolva 13).
The right tributaries of the Dzpra were of great importance for the Dregovichi; It was important for the city to stand on them in ancient times; communication with Lithuania, the Yatvingians and the Poles went along them. Among the tributaries are the following: Vot, Orshitsa, Drut.
The latter originates on the borders of the Sennen and Orsha uy. on the elevated part of the lips; its length flows 250 v. It flows through narrow valleys (about 11 miles), covered with swamps and lakes; Its lower course flows at the confluence with the Dniepr at Rogachev, go along the wide meadow valley. Currently, the Drut is only a rafting river, but in ancient times it was navigable; many of its tributaries have dried up; only in many places there remained rows of lakes and swamps, testifying to the former rivers No.).
Below Druti, on the border of Minsk lips. and Mogilevsk., flows into the Berezina Dnfpr. It originates on a flat hill not far from Cape Dokshtitsy Borisovsky u., and runs to the mouth about 500 centuries; On its way it flows through lakes Miadzyol and Pyalik. The Techesche of the Berezina forms a narrow valley, extremely swampy and low-lying; the break of its bank is covered with l%sami 15).
Even below the Berezina it flows into the Dzpr Pril, washing the lower part of Western Belarus. It originates in Volynsk. lips from lakes and swamps near the village of Gupoly and form
13) Sl. Semenov. 14) Sl. Semenov; Describe the Graves. lips, Dembovetskato, t. [.
15) Sl. Semenov. Pam. kya. Minsk. lips for 1878 p. 25. Proceedings of the Min. Art. Com. for 1870 issue. 1. rub. 278.