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Zbruch | |
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Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Ukraine |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Shchasnivka, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast |
• coordinates | 49°43′42″N 26°09′57″E / 49.7283°N 26.1658°E |
Mouth | Dniester |
• coordinates | 48°32′21″N 26°26′34″E / 48.5391°N 26.4427°E |
Length | 244 km (152 mi) |
Basin size | 3,395 km2 (1,311 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Dniester→ Dniester Estuary→ Black Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Bovvanets, Hrabarka |
• right | Hnyla |
The Zbruch (Ukrainian: Збруч; Polish: Zbrucz) is a river in Western Ukraine, a left tributary of the Dniester.[1] Zbruch is the namesake of the Zbruch idol, a sculpture of a Slavic deity (9th century) in the form of a column with a head with four faces, discovered in 1848 by the river.