Sluch

a river in Khmel’nitskii, Zhitomir, and Rovno oblasts in the Ukrainian SSR; a right tributary of the Goryn’ River (Dnieper River basin). The Sluch’ is 451 km long and drains an area of 13,800 sq km. It originates in the Podol’e. Upland and in its lower course flows through the Poles’e Lowland. The river is fed mainly by snow. High water occurs in March and April. The mean flow rate 42 km from the mouth is 45 cu m per sec. The river freezes in December, and the ice breaks up in March. The main left tributaries are the Khomora and Korchik; its main right tributary is the Tnia. The cities of Starokonstantinov and Novograd-Volynskii are situated on the Sluch’. [23–1778–]

(also Severnaia Sluch’), a river in the Byelorussian SSR, a left tributary of the Pripiat’ River (Dnieper River basin). The Sluch’ is 228 km long and drains an area of 5,260 sq km. It flows mainly through the Poles’e. The Soligorsk Reservoir is located in the middle course. The river is fed primarily by snow. The mean flow rate 46 km from the mouth is 20.3 cu m per sec. The river freezes in December, and the ice breaks up in March. The river is used for floating timber. The city of Slutsk is situated on the Sluch’.