Ūla

For other rivers with the same name, see Ula (river).

Ūla
A bend in the river Ūla
Location
Country	Lithuania and Belarus
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Grodno Region
Mouth	Merkys
• coordinates	54°09′50″N 24°20′11″E
Length	84 km (52 mi)
Basin size	753 km^2 (291 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	5.58 m^3/s (197 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Merkys→ Neman→ Baltic Sea

The Ūla (Belarusian: Ула) is a river which starts in northern Belarus and flows into the Merkys river, in southern Lithuania.[1] It flows in a generally northwesterly direction.

It starts as a confluence of two channeled rivers, Provozha (Провожа) and Luchka (Лучка) by the Padeyki [be] village.[2] From Luchka to Dubičiai it is known as Pelesa (Padzeyka in Belarus).[3] Its total length is 84 km,[4] of which 13,5 km are in Voranava District, Grodno Region, Belarus, 3 km are along the Belarus-Lithuania border, the rest is in Varėna District, Lithuania, of which part flows through the Ūla Landscape Reserve [lt] and then in the Dzūkija National Park. It flows into the Merkys near Paūliai.[1]

See also

• Kotra (river), the case of Pelyasa/Pelesa river bifurcation.

References

1. Ūla, Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia
2. The Nature of Belarus, vol. 2 "Climate and Water", 2009, p. 458
3. Таблица Г.1.1 – Общая характеристика речной сети Гродненской области
4. Note: Sources may have discrepancies in the values of lengths, because some of them, such as the Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia, consider Luchka (of length 11 km.) part of Ūla.