Dnieper–Bug Canal

Dnieper–Bug Canal (alternately spelled Dnepr-Bug Canal), or the Dneprovsko-Bugsky Canal is the longest inland ship canal in Belarus that connects the Mukhavets River, a tributary of the Bug River, and the Pina River, a tributary of the Pripyat River.

Originally the canal was named the Royal Canal (Polish: Kanał Królewski), after the King of Poland Stanisław August Poniatowski, since he was the initiator of the project. It is an important part of the transportation artery linking the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. The total length of the canal system from Brest to Pinsk is 196 km (122 mi), including the artificial waterway 105 km (65 mi) long. The canal system comprises the western slope from Brest to Kobrin, a 64 km (40 mi) stretch of the Mukhavets River with regulated water level, a 58 km (36 mi) summit pound, the eastern slope, 47 km (29 mi) stretch of the canal, a 27 km (17 mi) stretch of the Pina River with regulated water level. The drainage area of the canal system totals 8.5 thousand km² (3.3 thousand mi²).