Babruyka
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The Babruyka ( ) is a small river in Belarus, a tributary to the Berezina (Biarezina). It flows through the eponymous city of Babruysk and is named after the beavers which used to inhabit it. Due to industrial pollution, there are no more animals inhabiting the river, and its flow has been reduced to a fraction of its former self.
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Belarus
- Located in
- Babrujsk District
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Babrujsk fortress and the Babrujka river.JPG
- Length
- 14.5
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Berezina
- watershed area
- 88
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The Babruyka ( ) is a small river in Belarus, a tributary to the Berezina (Biarezina). It flows through the eponymous city of Babruysk and is named after the beavers which used to inhabit it. Due to industrial pollution, there are no more animals inhabiting the river, and its flow has been reduced to a fraction of its former self.
==History== The river got its name because it was inhabited by a large number of eurasian beavers.
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