The river Warta ( , ; german: Warthe ; la, Varta) rises in central
Poland
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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
German
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** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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border. About long, it is Poland's second-longest river within its borders after 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 ...
, and third-longest including the Oder, that flows also across
Czech Republic
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Statistics Poland
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, p. 85-86 Its
drainage basin
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covers and it is navigable from
Kostrzyn nad Odrą
Kostrzyn nad Odrą (literally Kostrzyn upon Oder) (; german: Küstrin ) is a town in Gorzów County, Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland, close to the border with Germany.
Geography
The town is situated within the historic Lubusz Land (''Ziemia ...
to
Konin
Konin (german: Kunau) is a city in central Poland, on the Warta River. It is the capital of Konin County and is located within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Prior to 1999, it was the capital of the Konin Voivodeship (1975–1998). In 2021 the p ...
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'' It is connected to the Vistula by the
Noteć
Noteć (; , ) is a river in central Poland with a length of (7th longest) and a basin area of .Bydgoszcz Canal
Bydgoszcz Canal (german: Bromberger Kanal) is a canal, 24.7 km long, between the cities of Bydgoszcz and Nakło in Poland, connecting Vistula river with Oder river, through Brda and Noteć rivers (the latter ending in the Warta river whic ...
(''Kanał Bydgoski'') near the city of
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
.
Course
The Warta rises in the
Kraków-Częstochowa Upland
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at Kromołów in
Zawiercie
Zawiercie is a city in the south of Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship with 49,334 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland near the source of the Warta River. The town lies near the historical region of Sile ...
,
Silesian Voivodeship
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Despite the Silesian ...
Greater Poland
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and
Lubusz Land
Lubusz Land ( pl, Ziemia lubuska; german: Land Lebus) is a historical region and cultural landscape in Poland and Germany on both sides of the Oder river.
Originally the settlement area of the Lechites, the swampy area was located east of Margrav ...
, where it empties into the Oder near
Kostrzyn
Kostrzyn (german: Kostschin) is a town in Poland, seat of Gmina Kostrzyn in the Poznań County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 8,398 inhabitants (2004).
History
As part of the region of Greater Poland, i.e. the cradle of the Polish s ...
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
( " Dąbrowski's Mazurka"), in English officially known by its incipit Poland Is Not Yet Lost, is the national anthem of the Republic of Poland.
The original lyrics were written by Józef Wybicki in Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy, betwee ...
".
Towns and Cities
Right tributaries
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Widawka
Widawka is a river, located in central Poland (Łódź Voivodeship, near Bełchatów), a tributary of the Warta. Its length is 95.8 kilometers and its basin's area is 2385 km2.
See also
*Rivers of Poland
Following is a list of rivers, whic ...
*
Ner NER may refer to:
* New European Recordings, a record label
* ISO 3166-1 three letter code for Niger
* Named entity recognition, a text processing task that identifies certain words as belonging to one class or another
* Northeast Regional, an Amt ...
Noteć
Noteć (; , ) is a river in central Poland with a length of (7th longest) and a basin area of .Liswarta
The Liswarta is a river in south-central Poland, a tributary of the Warta
The river Warta ( , ; german: Warthe ; la, Varta) rises in central Poland and meanders greatly north-west to flow into the Oder, against the German border. About long, ...
*
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
See also
*
Rivers of Poland
Following is a list of rivers, which are at least partially, if not predominantly located within Poland.KSNG (2002–2014)List of Names of Flowing Waters (Wykaz nazw wód płynacych)(PDF file, direct download 1.47 MB), Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Ge ...
*
Geography of Poland
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