Warta

Warta

Warta

River in Poland

This article is about the river. For other uses, see Warta (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with VARTA.

The river Warta (/ˈvɑːrtə/ VAR-tə, Polish: [ˈvarta] ⓘ; German: Warthe [ˈvaʁtə] ⓘ; Latin: Varta) rises in central Poland and meanders greatly through the Polish Plain in a north-westerly direction to flow into the Oder at Kostrzyn nad Odrą on Poland's border with Germany. About 808.2 kilometres (502.2 mi) long, it the second-longest river within the borders of Poland (after the Vistula), and the third-longest Polish river after the Oder (which also flows through the Czech Republic and Germany).[1] Its drainage basin covers 54,529 square kilometers (21,054 sq mi)[1] and it is navigable from Kostrzyn nad Odrą to Konin - approximately half of its length.[2]

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The Warta connects to the Vistula via its own tributary, the Noteć, and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Polish: Kanał Bydgoski) near the city of Bydgoszcz.

Course

The Warta rises in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland at Kromołów in Zawiercie, Silesian Voivodeship, flows through Łódź Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land, where it empties into the Oder near Kostrzyn at the border with Germany.

The Greater Warta Basin defines the site of early Poland; it is said that the tribe of Western Polans (Polish: Polanie) settled the Warta Basin between the 6th and 8th century. The river is also mentioned in the second stanza of the Polish national anthem, "Poland Is Not Yet Lost".

Further information: Ordonka (river)

Major cities

Warta River in Poznań

Right tributaries

Warta River in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Warta River near Kostrzyn

Left tributaries

See also

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References

  1. [1]
    Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017, Statistics Poland, p. 85-86
  2. [2]
    Warta River Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  • Warta Poland - canoeing information (Polish)


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