River
Berezina
613 km from source to mouth · Belarus.
BelarusFlows into Dnieper3rd longest in Belarus
In numbers
Length
613km
Average flow
140m³/s
Basin
24,500km²
Drop
53m
from 169 m to 116 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
613 km of river and 27 stops on the way: 6 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmDokshytsyat 169 m
- 30 kmOzero Medzozol2.2 km²
- 94 kmSierhučtributary
- 133 kmPialik8.5 km²
- 146 kmHajnatributary
- 180 kmBarysaw133,700 people
- 182 kmBrodniatributary
- 182 kmSchatributary
- 189 kmPlisa, tributary of Berezinatributary
- 239 kmBobrtributary
- 241 kmUshatributary
- 259 kmBrusiatatributary
- 267 kmBierazino11,125 people
- 279 kmKliavatributary
- 307 kmUsatributary
- 340 kmSvislach Rivertributary
- 372 kmVaŭčankatributary
- 380 kmOĺsatributary
- 400 kmBobruysk205,502 people
- 430 kmBrožatributary
- 456 kmVirtributary
- 471 kmOzero Zherolo0.5 km²
- 479 kmParyčy1,748 people
- 495 kmRudziankatributary
- 518 kmAlatributary
- 526 kmSvyetlahorsk61,280 people
- 526 kmSvetlogorsk61,812 people
- 582 kmSviedźtributary
- 613 kmDnieperat 116 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Belarus
At the mouth it carries 145 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 17 seconds. It drops from 169 m to 116 m, 0.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 24,500 km², about the size of MK. 2.9 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to June; lowest: from January to March. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- BobruyskLargest city on its banks · 205,502 people
- Mogilev Airport (MVQ)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 107 km from the city
- On the water11 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Berezina, month by month
Highest water: from April to June
Lowest water: from January to March. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 97 m³/s in the lowest month to 240 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Berezina: the basin in numbers
24,895 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 2.9millionpeople live in the basin
- 117/km²people per km²
- 174maverage altitude of the basin
- 631mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.0°Caverage air temperature
- 5%protected areas
- 0.4%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 46% Forest
- 26% Cropland
- 11% Pasture
- 3% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Berezina: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 2Boat ramps
- 4Ferry piers
- 4Marinas
- 5River beaches
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.0 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
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Berezina in our other atlases
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3lakes on its wayLakeyas
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Ozero Medzozolkm 222.2km²
- Pialikkm 988.5km²
- Ozero Zherolokm 3480.5km²
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Berezina in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Dnieper
Ukraine2,285 km1,700 m³/sTributaries (33)
Also: Bobr, Hajna, Plisa, tributary of Berezina, Scha, Ala, Babruyka, Kliava, Usha, Oĺsa, Ponja, Usa, Sierhuč, Vir, Sviedź, Brodnia, Brusiata, Vaŭčanka, Broža, Nacha, Rudzianka, Charnika, Dziaražyna, Nedalka, Zhortayka
Nearby
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Belarus648 km210 m³/s77 km awayIputBelarus437 km83 m³/s55 km awayDrut RiverBelarus295 km30 m³/s57 km awayBesedBelarus261 km28 m³/s62 km awayPripyat RiverUkraine775 km460 m³/s152 km awayPcičBelarus421 km48 m³/s103 km awaySvislach RiverBelarus327 km24 m³/s130 km awayUbortBelarus292 km23 m³/s130 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q207927) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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