The Luha (; ) is a river in Ukraine and a right tributary of the Bug (Vistula basin). The river flows through the Volodymyr district of the Volyn region. Luha is a flat river, 81 km long and not wide valley. The river is winding, the floodplain is swampy in places. Local nature reserves have been created in the river valley.
Key facts
- River.name
- Luha / Lug
- River.image
- Річка Луга 05.jpg
- River.source1_location
- village Kolpytiv, Lokachi Raion
- River.mouth
- Bug
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.length_km
- 93
- River.basin_size_km2
- 1348
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Ukraine
- Located in
- Volyn Oblast
- Image
- Річка Луга 05.jpg
- Length
- 81
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Western Bug
- watershed area
- 1348
- Commons category
- Luha River
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- WikiProject Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Conservation
- References
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The Luha (; ) is a river in Ukraine and a right tributary of the Bug (Vistula basin). The river flows through the Volodymyr district of the Volyn region. Luha is a flat river, 81 km long and not wide valley. The river is winding, the floodplain is swampy in places. Local nature reserves have been created in the river valley.
== Description == Its source is located near the village of Kolpytiv in the Volhynian Upland. In its upper reaches, the Luha runs mainly in a western, northwestern direction, and later northwards. In its lower stream, it runs mainly in a northwestern direction and enters the Western Bug on northwestern outskirts of the city of Ustyluh, near the border of Ukraine and Poland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ług” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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