Sopot is a small river 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 ...
. It originates near the
Majdan Sopocki Majdan may refer to:
People
* Dušan Majdán (born 1987), Slovak racewalker
* Joanna Majdan-Gajewska (born 1988), Polish chess player (née Majdan)
* Juraj Majdan (born 1991), Slovak ice hockey player
* Radosław Majdan (born 1972), Polish form ...
village and flows through
Roztocze
Roztocze ( uk, Розточчя, ''Roztochia'') is a range of hills in east-central Poland and western Ukraine which rises from the Lublin Upland and extends southeastward through Solska Forest and across the border into Ukrainian Podolia. Low and ...
hills, passing through villages of
Ciotusza Stara
Ciotusza Stara is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Susiec, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Tomaszów Lubelski and south-east of the regional capital Lublin
...
,
Nowiny,
Hamernia
Hamernia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Józefów, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Józefów, east of Biłgoraj, and south-east of the regional capital Lublin ...
, and
Osuchy
Osuchy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łukowa, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Łukowa, south-east of Biłgoraj, and south of the regional capital Lu ...
. It is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of
Tanew
Tanew is a river in south-east Poland, a tributary of San. It starts in Roztocze hills. Tanew has a length of about 113 km and its catchment area is 2339 km². Its tributaries are: Potok Łosiniecki (R), Jeleń (R), Sopot (R), Szum ...
.
The river flows through the Polish Landscape Park of
Puszcza Solska
Puszcza Solska Landscape Park, also known as Solska Forest Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Puszczy Solskiej''), is a Polish Landscape Park protected area in southeastern Poland.
The nature park protects an area of . It was established in 1 ...
and the Czartowe Pole
nature preserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...
.
Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Lublin Voivodeship
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