Solokiia

Solokiia
Sołokija
Solokiia in Belz
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Location
CountryPoland, Ukraine
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorth-Eastern slopes of Roztocze, Poland
Mouth 
 • location
Bug
 • coordinates
50°22′36″N 24°14′30″E / 50.3767°N 24.2417°E / 50.3767; 24.2417
Length88 km (55 mi)
Basin size939 km2 (363 sq mi)
Basin features
ProgressionBugNarewVistulaBaltic Sea
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The Solokiia (Ukrainian: Солокія, Polish: Sołokija) is a river in Poland and Ukraine and a tributary of the Bug. Its source is located north of Tomaszów Lubelski. In its upper reaches, the Solokiia runs mainly in a southeastern direction. Near the crossing of the Polish-Ukrainian border it turns to the east and after passing through Uhniv and Belz it flows in Chervonohrad as a left affluent into the Western Bug.

After substantial coal deposits were discovered in its vicinity, part of the river basin was transferred from Poland to the USSR in the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange.[1]

  1. ^ British and Foreign State Papers 1953 -- Page 1171 "... according to the map in .the scale 1 : 500,000 annexed hereto(2) conceding additionally to Poland : (a) Territory situated to the east of the " Curzon Line " up to the river Western Bug and the river Solokiia, the south of the town of Krylov, with ."