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Pcič

421 km from source to mouth · Belarus.

BelarusBelarusFlows into Pripyat River6th longest in Belarus

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The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

421km

Average flow

48m³/s

Basin

9,470km²

Drop

103m

from 217 m to 114 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

421 km of river and 39 stops on the way: 37 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

217 m114 m
Belarusat 217 m0 km
Slabada428 people41 km
Aziaryčyna318 people85 km
Praŭdzinski2,096 people97 km
Vomieĺna369 people151 km
Kliatnoje97 people154 km
Glusk7,800 people277 km
Aresatributary349 km
Pripyat Riverat 114 m421 km
0100200300421 km
  1. 0 kmBelarusat 217 m
  2. 25 kmVoŭkavickaje0.6 km²
  3. 41 kmSlabada428 people
  4. 54 kmKrupica1,215 people
  5. 54 kmAnopaĺ510 people
  6. 60 kmSamuelieva159 people
  7. 64 kmZaračany20 people
  8. 66 kmPadhaccie17 people
  9. 68 kmBacharavičy58 people
  10. 71 kmNavapollie328 people
  11. 72 kmBieĺkavičy32 people
  12. 72 kmHrebień45 people
  13. 75 kmPcič1 people
  14. 75 kmDudzičy271 people
  15. 76 kmKuĺtura150 people
  16. 83 kmŠaliahi33 people
  17. 85 kmAziaryčyna318 people
  18. 87 kmVaroničy112 people
  19. 91 kmKucharaŭka16 people
  20. 92 kmVasiĺki123 people
  21. 97 kmPraŭdzinski2,096 people
  22. 98 kmRusakovičy142 people
  23. 104 kmPrystań68 people
  24. 108 kmPcičanskaja142 people
  25. 111 kmRžyšča38 people
  26. 115 kmHareliec270 people
  27. 127 kmVieciarevičy118 people
  28. 130 kmVieciarevičy 2440 people
  29. 134 kmIĺinka5 people
  30. 136 kmParečča173 people
  31. 139 kmMіrnaja35 people
  32. 141 kmSielišča27 people
  33. 144 kmVyjemka9 people
  34. 145 kmDubavoje25 people
  35. 148 kmJahadnaje1 people
  36. 151 kmVomieĺna369 people
  37. 154 kmKliatnoje97 people
  38. 157 kmMieĺnica8 people
  39. 277 kmGlusk7,800 people
  40. 349 kmAresatributary
  41. 421 kmPripyat Riverat 114 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 48 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 52 seconds. It drops from 217 m to 114 m, 0.2 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 9,470 km², about the size of CY. 200,000 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.

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Where to start

Pcič, 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.

37
-7°35 mmJan
28
-5°27 mmFeb
28
-1°32 mmMar
87
7°41 mmApr
86
14°52 mmMay
91
17°83 mmJun
63
18°86 mmJul
65
17°71 mmAug
60
13°52 mmSep
57
7°46 mmOct
58
1°46 mmNov
47
-3°42 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 28 m³/s in the lowest month to 91 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

Pcič: the basin in numbers

9,516 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Free-flowingDams upstream can hold only 0.0% of a year's flow: the river still keeps its natural rhythm.
  • 200,000people live in the basin
  • 21/km²people per km²
  • 154maverage altitude of the basin
  • 618mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 6.5°Caverage air temperature
  • 1%protected areas
  • 0.4%covered by lakes

What covers the basin

  • 41% Forest
  • 27% Cropland
  • 14% Pasture
  • 1% 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

Pcič: what you find on the way

  • 3Dams
  • 5Weirs
  • 1Waterfalls
  • 1River beachesBeach of Volchkovichy

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Pcič in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 1lake on its wayLakeyas
  • 1mountain at the sourcePeakyas

Lakes and reservoirs (1)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Voŭkavickajekm 190.6km²

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Mountains at the source (1)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Dziaržynkaja hara3.9 km away · prominence 185 m345m

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From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Pcič: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Pcič: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth13 km across

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

Pcič in pictures

Šaliahi, r. Pcič. Шалягі, р. Пціч (2)
Liashko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rečki (Aziaryčyna), Pcič, Рэчкі (Азярычына), Пціч (2021)
Liashko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pcič River (01)
Zelyoniy.anton · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pcič River (02)
Zelyoniy.anton · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

Pripyat RiverUkraineUkraine775 km460 m³/s

Tributaries (10)

Also: Aresa, Sjats, Mienka, Lisa, Krasnaja, Asačanka, Vuž, Asinaŭka, Aryžnia, Niamiohlia

In the same basin

DnieperUkraineUkraine2,285 km1,700 m³/sDesnaUkraineUkraine1,130 km360 m³/sBerezinaBelarusBelarus613 km140 m³/sSeymUkraineUkraine696 km100 m³/sSozhBelarusBelarus648 km210 m³/sPselUkraineUkraine717 km55 m³/sHorynBelarusBelarus659 km110 m³/sVorsklaUkraineUkraine464 km36 m³/sStyr RiverBelarusBelarus494 km50 m³/sTeterivUkraineUkraine385 km18 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

UbortBelarusBelarus292 km23 m³/s28 km awayBerezinaBelarusBelarus613 km140 m³/s103 km awayHorynBelarusBelarus659 km110 m³/s108 km awaySlučBelarusBelarus228 km20 m³/s92 km awaySozhBelarusBelarus648 km210 m³/s134 km awayDrut RiverBelarusBelarus295 km30 m³/s126 km awayStyr RiverBelarusBelarus494 km50 m³/s156 km awaySvislach RiverBelarusBelarus327 km24 m³/s143 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q915889) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

The family

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