Poland Mikoszewo - Vistula Przekop Wisly

Przekop (), (German: ''Weichseldurchstich''), 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 ...

, is a branch of the

Vistula The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...

river in its

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. 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 The Leniwka () is the former name of the western branch of the Vistula (now Vistula) in northern Poland. It is long, and flows into Gdańsk Bay, forming the borders of Sobieszewo Island. It begins behind the lock in Biała Góra, where the Nog ...

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.

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