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The Brahinka or Braginka ( ; ) is a short winding river in the Brahin District of Belarus. Its length is 179 km. It falls into Pripyat just above its falling into Dnieper. Part of the river flows through the radioactive zone of alienation, and the river itself is under regular control for nuclear pollution. The small settlement of Brahin stands on the banks of the river.

Key facts

River.name
Brahinka / Braginka
River.mouth_location
Pripyat
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Belarus
River.length_km
179

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Instance of
river
Country
Ukraine
Located in
Kyiv Oblast
Elevation
103
Image
Braginka river.jpg
Length
179
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mouth of the watercourse
Pripyat River
watershed area
2778
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The Brahinka or Braginka ( ; ) is a short winding river in the Brahin District of Belarus. Its length is 179 km. It falls into Pripyat just above its falling into Dnieper. Part of the river flows through the radioactive zone of alienation, and the river itself is under regular control for nuclear pollution. The small settlement of Brahin stands on the banks of the river.

Konstantin Paustovsky's short story Корчма на Брагинке (The Inn on the Braginka) from 1946 is set here.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brahinka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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