Nurzec

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Nurzec
The Nurzec at Kozarze

The Nurzec at Kozarze

Data
location Podlaskie Voivodeship , Poland
River system Vistula
Drain over Bug  → Narew  → Vistula  → Baltic Sea
source near Stawiszcze near the border with Belarus
52 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 23 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height 180  m npm
muzzle at Wojtkowice-Dady in the bow coordinates: 52 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 22 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E 52 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  N , 22 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E
Mouth height 105.4  m npm
Height difference 74.6 m
Bottom slope 0.74 ‰
length 100.2 km
Catchment area 2102 km²
Left tributaries Nurczyk , Leśna , Czarna , Siennica , Kukawka , Pełchówka
Right tributaries Bronka , Mień (Nurzec)
Small towns Kleszczele , Brańsk , Ciechanowiec

The Nurzec [ ˈnuʒɛt͡s ] is a right tributary of the Bug in Poland . It rises near the border with Belarus near Stawiszcze in the Gmina Czeremcha in the Podlaskie Voivodeship at an altitude of 180 m, flows through Kleszczele , further along the southern edge of the Rownina Bielska via Boćki, Brańsk mainly in a west-north-west direction, then changes its direction to the south-west, flows through Ciechanowiec and forms the border with the Masovian Voivodeship on the last section up to its confluence with the Bug at a height of 105.4 m after a run of 100.2 km . Its catchment area is given as 2102 km².