West Oder ( pl, Odra Zachodnia) is the western arm of the lower

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 ...

near

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

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 ...

along the border with

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. It flows into the

Oder Lagoon Szczecin Lagoon ( pl, Zalew Szczeciński, german: Stettiner Haff, since 1945 sometimes also ''Oderhaff'' (Oder lagoon) or ''Pommersches Haff'' (Pomeranian lagoon)) is a lagoon in the Oder estuary, shared by Germany and Poland. It is separated f ...

. The river flows through the Lower Oder Valley forming, along with the Eastern Oder ( pl, Odra Wschodnia), an area called

Międzyodrze Międzyodrze is an area in Poland located in the Lower Odra Valley between two branches of the Oder River: West Oder and East Oder, a segment from the village Widuchowa to Iński Nurt channel. Międzyodrze area also includes islands located b ...

, part of the

Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Dolina Dolnej Odry'') is a designated Polish Landscape Park protected area, located in West Pomeranian Voivodeship of northwestern Poland. Geography The Landscape Park is on the eastern banks ...

. Międzyodrze area is traversed by a network of canals and old riverbeds, linked with West Oder. Between the split of Odra arms to the Regalica, East Oder runs through the

Gryfino County __NOTOC__ Gryfino County ( pl, powiat gryfiński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result o ...

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Opis Odrzańskiej Drogi Wodnej Zawartej w granicach RZGW Szczecin.
Regionalny Zarząd Gospodarki Wodnej w Szczecinie. Rivers of Poland Rivers of West Pomeranian Voivodeship 0West Oder {{Poland-river-stub

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