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  Caption Bugo-Narew estuary into Vistula River at Modlin
  Origin Ukraine
  Mouth Zegrze Lake on the Narew
  Basin Countries Ukraine , Poland , Belarus
  Length 772 km (480 mi)
  Elevation &nbsp
  Discharge &nbsp
  Watershed 39,420 km&sup2 (15,220 mi&sup2)


Bug or '''Buh''' (, flows from central Ukraine to the west, forming part of the boundary between that nation and Poland , passes along the Polish - Belarus ian border, within Poland , and empties into the Narew river near Serock (actually to the artificial Zegrze Lake ). The part between the lake and the Vistula River is sometimes referred to as Bugo-Narew . The Vistula River drains into the Baltic Sea .

Bug is 772 km long (587 km in Poland) and is the 4th longest Polish River . The basin area is 39,420 km&2 (19,284 km&2 in Poland).

Bug is connected with the Dnieper river by the Dnieper-Bug Canal .

Traditionally the Bug was also often considered the ethnographical border between Orthodox and Catholic peoples.

The Bug was the dividing line between German and Russian forces following the Invasion Of Poland in the Second World War .


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Tributaries


Pełtew , Sołokija , Bukowa , Huczwa , Uherka , Włodawka , Krzna , Liwiec , Ług , Mukhavets , Leśna , Nurzec , Brok


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