The Besed or Biesiedź (Belarusian: Беседзь; Russian: Беседь) is a river of Belarus (Mogilev Region and Gomel Region) and Russia (Smolensk Oblast and Bryansk Oblast). It is a left-bank tributary of the Sozh River in the Dnieper basin. The Besed is 261 kilometres (162 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 5,600 square kilometres (2,200 sq mi).
River in Belarus, Russia
Besed
Key facts
instance ofriver
countryBelarus
located in the administrative territorial entityMahilyow Region
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- Country
- Belarus, Russia
- • location
- Yershichsky District, Russia
- • coordinates
- 53°40′06″N 32°37′20″E / 53.6684°N 32.6222°E
- Mouth
- Sozh River
- • location
- near Vietka, Belarus
- • coordinates
- 52°37′30″N 31°08′24″E / 52.6251°N 31.1399°E
- Length
- 261 km (162 mi)
- Basin size
- 5,600 km2 (2,200 sq mi)
- Progression
- Sozh→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
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