Pripyat

The fifth one in Top 10 Longest Rivers in Belarus that Toplist would like to introduce to you is Pripyat. Pripyat or Prypiat is a river in Eastern Europe that runs for approximately 761 kilometers (473 miles). It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and back into Ukraine before emptying into the Dnieper. The Pripyat River flows through the exclusion zone established around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. Following the Chernobyl disaster, the city of Pripyat, Ukraine (population 45,000), was completely evacuated. The Pripyat River flows through the exclusion zone established around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. Following the Chernobyl disaster, the city of Pripyat, Ukraine (population 45,000), was completely evacuated.

Pripyat's catchment area is 121,000 km2 (47,000 sq mi), of which 50,900 km2 (19,700 sq mi) is in Belarus. Belarus accounts for 495 km (308 mi) of the river's total length.

The river runs for 775 kilometers. The pool covers an area of 114,300 km2. The Pripyat valley is murky in the upper reaches, but clearer in the lower reaches. The cave is developed all the way through, with two super-floodplain terraces. In some years, the upper course of the floodplain is flooded for several months, with a width of 2–4 km or more. The floodplain reaches a width of 10–15 km in the lower reaches. The channel in the upper canalized; below - winding, forms meanders, elders, many ducts (one of which is combined with the Nobel Lake); sandy islands The river has a width of up to 40 m in the upper reaches, an average of 50–70 m in the middle reaches, and a width of 100–250 m in the lower reaches, with the entrance to the Kyiv reservoir being 4–5 km away. The bottom is sandy and spruce-sandy. The river has a slope of 0.08 m/km.

Length: 761 km (473 mi)