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Przekop Wisły
Przekop (), (German: ''Weichseldurchstich''), in Poland, is a branch of the Vistula river in its delta. It is also called ''Przekop Wisły'', which translates literally from Polish as ''Vistula Dug-through''. It was artificially created in 1895 to link the Leniwka branch with Gdańsk Bay Gdańsk Bay or the Gulf of Gdańsk ( pl, Zatoka Gdańska; csb, Gduńskô Hôwinga; russian: Гданьская бухта, Gdan'skaja bukhta, and german: Danziger Bucht) is a southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea. It is named after the adjacent po ... near the village of Świbno. Currently, the main current of the Vistula reaches the sea through Przekop. References Canals in Poland Transport in Poland Nowy Dwór Gdański County Gdańsk Geography of Pomeranian Voivodeship Canals opened in 1895 {{Poland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland Mikoszewo - Vistula Przekop Wisly
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the seventh largest EU country, covering a combined area of . It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordering seven countries. The territory is characterised by a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and temperate transitional climate. The capital and largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Humans have been present on Polish soil since the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Glacial Period over 12,000 years ago. Culturally diverse throughout late antiquity, in the early medieval period the region became inhabited by the tribal Polans who gave Poland its name. The process of establishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
