Editing Southern Bug (section)

{{Short description|River in Ukraine}}
{{about|the river in southern Ukraine|the tributary of the Vistula River in [[Eastern Europe]]|Bug (river)}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Southern Bug
| name_native        = {{native name|uk|Південний Буг}}
| name_native_lang   =
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| name_etymology     = the Slavic hydronym *bugъ/*buga
<!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP -->
| image              = Sunset S Bug Vinnitsa 2007 G1.jpg
| image_size         = 270
| image_caption      = The Southern Bug in the vicinity of [[Vinnytsia]], [[Ukraine]]
| map                = PietinisBugas.png
| map_size           = 270px
| map_caption        = Southern Bug through Ukraine
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| mapframe          = yes
| mapframe-zoom     = 5
<!---------------------- LOCATION -->
| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Ukraine]]
| subdivision_type2  = Cities
| subdivision_name2  = [[Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine|Khmelnytskyi]], [[Khmilnyk]], [[Vinnytsia]], [[Haivoron]], [[Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast|Pervomaisk]], [[Voznesensk]], [[Mykolaiv]]
| subdivision_type3  = Oblast
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<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -->
| length             = {{convert|806|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| discharge1_avg     = 108 m3/s
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<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
| source1            =
| source1_location   = [[Khmelnytskyi Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]
| source1_coordinates=
| source1_elevation  =
| mouth              =
| mouth_location     = [[Bug estuary]], [[Ukraine]]
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| progression        = {{PDnieper–Bug estuary}}
| river_system       =
| basin_size         = {{convert|63700|km2|abbr=on}}
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}}
[[File:Yedisan.jpg|thumb|right|The river is named as ''Bog Fl[uss]'' on this 1791 German map.]]
[[File:Confluence of the rivers Southern Bug and Dnieper.jpg|thumb|right|The river is named as ''Bog'' on this 1788 French map showing the [[Dnieper–Bug estuary]] (Liman)]]

The '''Southern Bug''', also called '''Southern Buh'''<ref name="EB-Southern_Buh">{{cite web | url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/556686/Southern-Buh | title=Encyclopædia Britannica: Southern Buh (River) | publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica | access-date=May 8, 2011}}</ref> ({{langx|uk|Південний Буг|Pivdennyi Buh}}; {{langx|ru|Южный Буг|Yuzhny Bug}}; {{langx|crh|Aq Suv}}; {{langx|ro|Bugul de Sud}} or just {{lang|ro|Bug}}),<ref name="EB-Southern_Buh"/> and sometimes '''Boh River''' ({{langx|uk|Бог|link=no}}; {{langx|pl|Boh}}),<ref name=eou>[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CB%5CO%5CBohRiver.htm Boh River] at the [[Encyclopedia of Ukraine]]</ref> is a navigable river located in [[Ukraine]]. It is the [[List of longest rivers of Ukraine|second-longest river]] flowing exclusively in Ukraine.

While located in relatively close proximity, the river should not be confused with [[Western Bug]] or Bug which flows in opposite direction towards [[Baltics]]. The source of the Southern Bug is in the west of Ukraine, in the [[Volhynian-Podolian Upland]], about {{convert|145|km|mi|abbr=off}} from the Polish border, from where it flows southeasterly into the [[Bug Estuary]] ([[Black Sea]] basin) through the southern [[steppes]] (see [[Granite-steppe lands of Buh]] park). It is {{convert|806|km|mi|abbr=off}} long and drains {{convert|63700|km2}}.<ref name=bse>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article127687.html Южный Буг], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref>

Several regionally important cities and towns in Ukraine are located on the Southern Bug. Beginning in Western Ukraine and moving downstream, in a southeasterly direction, they are: [[Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine|Khmelnytskyi]], [[Khmilnyk]], [[Vinnytsia]], [[Haivoron]], [[Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast|Pervomaisk]], [[Voznesensk]] and [[Mykolaiv]].<ref name=bse/>

On several occasions the river served as an international border. At least following the [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)|1768–1774 Russo-Turkish War]], and more narrowly the Chyhyryn campaigns, the river became a border between the Imperial Russia and Ottomans. Some 200 years later between 1941 and 1944 during [[World War II]] the Southern Bug formed the border between German-occupied Ukraine ([[Reichskommissariat Ukraine]]) and the Romanian-occupied part of Ukraine, called [[Transnistria Governorate|Transnistria]].