Pilica is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

in central

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, the longest

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of the

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river, with a length of 333 kilometres (8th longest) and a basin area of 9,258 km² (all in Poland).Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017
Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 It flows through the

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, after which it enters Central Polish Plains. Pilica flows into the Vistula near the village of Ostrowek, in a geographical region of Central Vistula Valley. In 1974, a dam was built near Sulejow, resulting in the creation of man-made reservoir Sulejow Lake, which has the area of 2,700 hectares. The region in the basin of the Pilica is sometimes called Nadpilicze, and the river itself marks boundary between

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, and two other historical provinces of the country,

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and

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. The first "open-air river museum" in Poland, the

Open-air museum of Pilica river The open-air museum of Pilica river is the first heritage park in Poland dedicated to a river. It is located near the Pilica river in the town of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Łódź Voivodeship. It was created in 2000. It is located next to the Blue ...

, is located on the waterway and the Blue Springs nature reserve lies next to the river.

Towns

* Pilica *

Szczekociny Szczekociny () is a town on the Pilica river, in Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 3,612 inhabitants (2019). Even though Szczekociny administratively belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship, it is part of historic region of Lesser Polan ...

Koniecpol Koniecpol is a town in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,910 inhabitants (2019). In the times of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it was the seat of the Koniecpolski magnate The magnate term, from the late Latin ' ...

Przedbórz Przedbórz is a town in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,458 inhabitants (2020). Przedbórz is situated on the Pilica River in the northwestern corner of the historic province of Lesser Poland. From its foundation until ...

Sulejów Sulejów is a town in central Poland with 6,130 inhabitants (2020). It is situated in Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Piotrków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Sulejów gives its name to the protected area known as Sulej� ...

Tomaszów Mazowiecki Tomaszów Mazowiecki (, yi, טאָמעשעוו or ''Tomashuv'') is a city in central Poland with 60,529 inhabitants (2021). The fourth most populous city in the Łódź Voivodeship and the second with free public transport. In Tomaszów Mazowiec ...

Spała Spała is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Inowłódz, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies on the Pilica River, approximately west of Inowłódz, east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and ...

Inowłódz Inowłódz is a village in Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Inowłódz. It lies approximately east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki and south-east of ...

Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą (; translating to 'New City on the Pilica') is a town in Grójec County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,022 inhabitants (2012). Just to the west of town is a former military airfield An air base (sometimes ...

* Wysmierzyce * Białobrzegi * Warka

Left tributaries

* Luciąża *

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* Wolborka

Right tributaries

* Czarna (Włoszczowska) *

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* Drzewiczka

A kayak route

A 228 km long "Szlak wodny Pilicy" is a

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route on Pilica River. It begins in Zarzecze near

and ends on a mouth of the Pilica River. Points on the route: * Zarzecze near

* Faliszew * Skotniki ( Gmina Aleksandrów, Łódź Voivodeship) *

* Sulejowski Reservoir *

Żądłowice Żądłowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Inowłódz, within Tomaszów Mazowiecki County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Inowłódz, east of Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and south-ea ...

* Grotowice * Domaniewice *

* Białobrzegi * Warka *a mouth of the Pilica River A section of the river is a

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Towns

Left tributaries

Right tributaries

A kayak route

See also

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