River
Southern Bug
806 km from source to mouth · Ukraine.
UkraineFlows into Black Sea4th longest in Ukraine
In numbers
Length
806km
Average flow
160m³/s
Basin
63,700km²
Drop
290m
from 287 m to -3 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
806 km of river and 58 stops on the way: 33 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmPodolian Uplandat 287 m
- 0 kmKupil720 people
- 32 kmPloska Rivertributary
- 34 kmKhmelnytskyi274,452 people
- 39 kmRakove17,000 people
- 70 kmTrebukhivtsi1,375 people
- 73 kmBuzhoktributary
- 79 kmMarkivtsi212 people
- 87 kmVovktributary
- 88 kmLetychiv10,335 people
- 92 kmSuslivtsi692 people
- 109 kmIkvatributary
- 126 kmKhmilnyk27,707 people
- 134 kmShiroka Greblia1,921 people
- 150 kmUladivka2,753 people
- 157 kmSnyvoda Rivertributary
- 173 kmMedvidka368 people
- 174 kmZhartributary
- 181 kmDesnatributary
- 183 kmStryzhavka9,165 people
- 191 kmVinnytsia369,739 people
- 192 kmVinnytsya430,091 people
- 210 kmRovetstributary
- 213 kmRivtributary
- 214 kmHnivan12,191 people
- 225 kmBorskiv267 people
- 234 kmTyvriv4,006 people
- 257 kmStrilchyntsi629 people
- 299 kmBratslav10,342 people
- 313 kmRaihorod1,003 people
- 333 kmNovoselivka454 people
- 351 kmLadyzhyn Reservoir17 km²
- 352 kmLadyzhyn22,459 people
- 355 kmSilnytsiatributary
- 358 kmSobtributary
- 401 kmUdychtributary
- 424 kmDokhnatributary
- 428 kmHayvoron14,523 people
- 461 kmSavran8,730 people
- 463 kmSavran Rivertributary
- 469 kmSynytsiatributary
- 545 kmKodyma Rivertributary
- 546 kmPervomaysk62,426 people
- 548 kmSynyukhatributary
- 585 kmKostiantynivka1,154 people
- 587 kmPivdennoukrainsk38,560 people
- 603 kmBakshalatributary
- 608 kmOleksandrivka5,200 people
- 634 kmVoznesensk33,442 people
- 641 kmMertvovodtributary
- 670 kmChychykliatributary
- 680 kmHnylyi Yelanetstributary
- 685 kmNova Odesa13,547 people
- 700 kmOlshanske3,582 people
- 708 kmPiskiy Bridge
- 741 kmMykolaiv470,011 people
- 741 kmMykolayiv470,011 people
- 741 kmVarvarovskiy Bridge
- 759 kmInhul Rivertributary
- 806 kmBlack Seaat -3 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Ukraine
At the mouth it carries 160 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 16 seconds. It drops from 287 m to -3 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 63,700 km², about the size of LV. 3.6 million people live in it. Highest water: from March to May; lowest: from December to February. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- MykolayivLargest city on its banks · 470,011 people
- On the water47 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe2 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Southern Bug, month by month
Highest water: from March to May
Lowest water: from December to February. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): January. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 59 m³/s in the lowest month to 450 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
Southern Bug: the basin in numbers
63,569 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 3.6millionpeople live in the basin
- 58/km²people per km²
- 192maverage altitude of the basin
- 565mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 8.0°Caverage air temperature
- 1%protected areas
- 0.5%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 6% Forest
- 71% Cropland
- 11% Pasture
- 2% 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
Southern Bug: what you find on the way
- 2Weirs
- 11Waterfalls
- 2Rapids
- 2Boat ramps
- 33Ferry piersMykolayiv and 32 more
- 8Marinasnibulon and 7 more
- 16River beachesKachatnik, Spartak and 14 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Southern Bug 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
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Ladyzhyn Reservoirkm 33617km²
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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
Southern Bug in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (33)
Also: Synyukha, Kodyma River, Chychyklia, Mertvovod, Vovk, Sob, Desna, Riv, Buzhok, Savran River, Zhar, Ikva, Silnytsia, Udych, Synytsia, Hnylyi Yelanets, Dokhna, Snyvoda River, Bakshala, Zinchytsia, Ploska River, Shpykivka, Voronka, Krasnianka
Nearby
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Ukraine2,285 km1,700 m³/s50 km awayInhul RiverUkraine354 km150 m³/s0 km awayInhulets RiverUkraine549 km1,500 m³/s57 km awayDniesterUkraine1,352 km310 m³/s148 km awayDanube
Romania2,850 km5,400 m³/s255 km awayBâc
Moldova155 km1.0 m³/s192 km awayRăutMoldova286 km320 m³/s218 km awayPselUkraine717 km55 m³/s262 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q188940) · 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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