The river Warta ( , ; german: Warthe ; la, Varta) rises in central

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and meanders greatly north-west to flow into the

Oder The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows thr ...

, against the

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border. About long, it is Poland's second-longest river within its borders after the

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, and third-longest including the Oder, that flows also across

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and Germany.Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017

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, p. 85-86 Its

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covers and it is navigable from

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to Konin, approximately half of its length.Warta River
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'' It is connected to the Vistula by the Noteć and the

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(''Kanał Bydgoski'') near the city of

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Course

The Warta rises in the

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at Kromołów in Zawiercie, Silesian Voivodeship, flows through Łódź Land,

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and Lubusz Land, where it empties into the Oder near

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at the border with Germany. The Greater Warta Basin defines the site of early Poland; it is said that the tribe of

Western Polans Polans may refer to two Slavic tribes: * Polans (eastern), an East Slavic tribe which inhabited both sides of the Dnieper river from the 6th to the 9th century * Polans (western) The Western Polans (also known as Polanes, Polanians; , derived ...

( pl, Polanie) settled the Warta Basin between the 6th and 8th century. The river is also mentioned in the second stanza of the Polish national anthem, " Poland Is Not Yet Lost".

Towns and Cities

Right tributaries

* Widawka *

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* Wełna * Noteć

Left tributaries

Liswarta The Liswarta is a river in south-central Poland, a tributary of the Warta river. The Liswarta has a length of 93 km and basin area of 1,558 km2. One of its tributaries is the Pankówka. Towns and villages * Gmina Woźniki ** Mzyki * Gm ...

Prosna The Prosna is a river in central Poland, a tributary of the Warta river (near Pyzdry), with a length of 227 kilometres and a basin area of 4,917 km2 (all in Poland).Obra * Postomia

References

External links

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