Drut

a river in Byelorussian SSR; a right tributary of the Dnieper, flowing into the Dnieper at Rogachev. Length, 295 km; basin area, 5,020 sq km. The Drut’ rises in the Orshansk uplands and flows through the narrow wooded shores of the Central Berezina plain. Its mean annual flowrate at the mouth is 30 cu m per sec. The river is used for floating timber; its lower reaches are navigable. The city of Tolochin is located on its banks.