Solokiya River

Solokiya River

Solokiya in Belz
Country  Poland
 Ukraine
Basin
Main source North-Eastern slopes of Roztocze, Poland
River mouth Bug River
Basin size 939 km2 (363 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 88 km (55 mi)

The Solokiya (Ukrainian: Солокія, Polish: Sołokija) is a river in Poland and the Ukraine and a tributary of the Bug River. 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.

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]

References

  1. British and Foreign State Papers 1953 -- Page 1171 "... according to the map in .the scale 1 : 500,000 annexed hereto(2) conceding additionally to Poland : (a) Territory situated to the east of the " Curzon Line " up to the river Western Bug and the river Solokiya, the south of the town of Krylov, with ."

Coordinates: 50°22′36″N 24°14′30″E / 50.3767°N 24.2417°E / 50.3767; 24.2417

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