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Southern Bug

river in Ukraine
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Summary

Southern Bug is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,236 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Khmelnytskyi Oblast[3], Vinnytsia Oblast[4], Kirovohrad Oblast[5], Odesa Oblast[6], Mykolaiv Oblast[7]
  • Country: Ukraine[8]
  • Continent: Europe[9]
  • Operator: Basin Agency of Water Resources of Southern Buh River[10], Mykolaiv Regional Agency of Water Resources[11]
  • Commons category: Southern Bug[12]
  • Mouth of the watercourse: Black Sea[13]
  • Origin of the watercourse: Podolian Upland[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Southern Bug[15]
  • Tributary: Synyukha[16], Inhul River[17], Chychyklia[18], Ploska River[19], Vovk[20], Zhar[21], Riv[22], Savran River[23], Kodyma River[24], Buzhok[25], Sob[26], Synytsia[27], Mertvovod[28], Hnylyi Yelanets[29]
  • Category for the water basin: Category:Southern Bug Basin[30]
  • Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[31], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[34], Kataloh richok Ukrainy[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36]
  • Native label: Південний Буг[37]
  • Different from: Western Bug[38]
  • Length: 806 km[39]
  • Watershed area: 63,700 km²[40]
  • Discharge: 160 cubic metre per second[41]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[42]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Southern Bug include Bug-Dniester culture[43], an archaeological culture[44].

Why It Matters

Southern Bug has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include Bug-Dniester culture[43], an archaeological culture[44].

Related Entities

Ukraine Western Bug

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  38. [40] ↑ . Kataloh richok Ukrainy. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operator → Basin Agency of Water Resources of Southern Buh River, Mykolaiv Regional Agency of Water Resources
    Instance of → —
    Category for the water basin → Category:Southern Bug Basin
    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +3
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38692|batch #38692]]: Remove redundant P30, P17 is present"
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