Ubort

The Ubort (Ukrainian: Уборть; Belarusian: Убарць, Ubarć) is a river in Zhytomyr Oblast (Ukraine) and Gomel Region (Belarus), a right tributary to the Pripyat in the Dnieper river basin. It is 292 kilometres (181 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,820 square kilometres (2,250 sq mi). The Ubort is fed mostly by melting snow (~70%) and peaks during the spring run-off, usually mid-March to early May, and maintains an even, albeit lower, flow during the summer months. It can freeze as early as mid-November or as late as January, and the ice breaks up as early as mid-February or as late as mid-April. The Ubort originates in the hills above and south of the village of Andreyevichi in Zhytomyr Oblast. It arises at elevation 207 m., from a series of small creeks flowing westward off of the Simony Hills, elevation 222 m, and northeastward off of the Marynivka Hills, elevation 225 m. The river flows north past Yemilchyne and Olevsk, thence across the international border into Belarus near Borovoye (Баравое). It then flows northeast and north past Lelchytsy, and Moiseyevichi, before entering the Pripyat at Pyetrykaw. The mouth of the river is at an elevation of 120 meters. The principle tributaries of the Ubort are the 67 km Perga (Перга) with its mouth at 51°24′00″N 027°52′57″E / 51.40000°N 27.88250°E / 51.40000; 27.88250 in Ukraine, and the 58 km Svidovets (Свидовець) with its mouth at 51°42′55″N 028°17′28″E / 51.71528°N 28.29111°E / 51.71528; 28.29111 in Belarus. The river has a low incline dropping only 87 meters over its 292 kilometer length.