Drut River

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Drut River
Origin Belarus
Mouth Dnieper
Basin countries Belarus
Length 295 km
Avg. discharge 30 m³/s
Basin area 5,020 km²

Drut (Belarusian: Друць, Russian: Друть) is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of Dnieper. It originates in the Orsha Upland in the Belarusian Ridge and flows through Vitebsk, Mogilev and Homiel provinces of Belarus.

Cities of Tolochin and Rogachev are located by Drut.

The Chihirin Reservoir on the Druts river has an area of 21.1 km².


Dnieper River (Dnepr, Dniapro, or Dnipro)
Map of the drainage basin of the Dnieper.
Tributaries: Drut (R) • Berezina (R) • Sozh (L) • Pripyat (R) • Teteriv (R) • Irpin (R) • Desna (L) • Stuhna (R) • Trubizh (L) • Ros (R) • Tiasmyn (R) • Supiy (L) • Sula (L) • Pslo (L) • Vorskla (L) • Samara (L) • Konka (L) • Bilozerka (L) • Bazavluk (R) • Inhulets (R)
Reservoirs: DnieperDniprodzerzhynskKakhovkaKanivKievKremenchuk
Hydroelectric stations: Dnieper • Dniprodzerzhynsk • Kakhovka • Kaniv • Kiev • Kremenchuk