The Gołdapa (german: Goldap, lt, Geldapė) is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in
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 populous ...
's
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It develops out of the
Wzgórza Szeskie south of
Gołdap, then flows through the
Romincka Forest
Romincka Forest ( pl, Puszcza Romincka, lt, Romintos giria), also known as Krasny Les (russian: Красный лес) or Rominte Heath (german: Rominter Heide), is an extended forest and heath landscape stretching from the southeast of Russian ...
before reaching Gołdap. It empties into the
Angrapa
The Angrapa (, , , ) is a river that begins in northeastern Poland and ends in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. Originating in Lake Mamry, it joins the 101-km-long Instruch at a point near Chernyakhovsk – variously assessed as lying 140, 169 ...
north of the village
Budry
Budry (german: Buddern) is a village in Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Budry. It ...
.
The river is named after the
Old Prussian word ''galdape'', meaning "river in the valley/depression".
Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
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