Nurzec


The Nurzec is a river in north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Bug River. It flows through the geographical region known in Polish as Wysoczyzny Podlasko-Bialoruskie. Administratively it lies within Podlaskie Voivodeship and Masovian Voivodeship.
The drainage area is contained within the mezoregions known as Równina Bielska and Wysoczyzna Wysokomazowiecka.
The Nurzec rises in swamps south-east of Czeremcha near Stawiszcze close to the border with Belarus. Its confluence with the Bug River is close to the village of Wojtkowice Stare just south of Ciechanowiec.
The fall of the Nurzec is approximately from its source elevation of approximately above sea level, to its discharge elevation of.

Tributaries

Major towns and villages lying on the Nurzec: