Bystrzyca is a river of
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, a left tributary of the
Oder,
which it meets a few kilometers north (downstream) from
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
.
The Bystrzyca was dammed in 1917 near the village of
Lubachów to create Lake Lubachowskie, and dammed at
Mietków in 1974 to create the large reservoir Zalew Mietkowski. The river also forms the western boundary of the
Owl Mountains
The Owl Mountains ( pl, Góry Sowie, cs, Soví hory, german: Eulengebirge) are a mountain range of the Central Sudetes in southwestern Poland. It includes a protected area called Owl Mountains Landscape Park.
Geography
The Owl Mountains cover ...
range in the
Central Sudetes.
Among its tributaries is the
Strzegomka.
See also
*
Bystrzyca (disambiguation)
References
Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Lower Silesian Voivodeship
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