Solokiia

The Solokiia (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 Solokiia 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.

Solokiia
Sołokija
Solokiia in Belz
Location
CountryPoland, Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorth-Eastern slopes of Roztocze, Poland
Mouth 
 • location
Bug
 • coordinates
50.3767°N 24.2417°E / 50.3767; 24.2417
Length88 km (55 mi)
Basin size939 km2 (363 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionBug→ 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]

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 Solokiia, the south of the town of Krylov, with ."
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