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Wkra is a
river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in north-eastern
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 ...
, a tributary of the
Narew The Narew (; be, Нараў, translit=Naraŭ; or ; Sudovian: ''Naura''; Old German: ''Nare''; uk, Нарва, translit=Narva) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland, which is also a tributary of the river Vis ...
river, with a length of 255 kilometres and a basin area of 5,348 km² - all within Poland.Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017
Statistics Poland Statistics Poland (formerly known in English as the Central Statistical Office ( pl, Główny Urząd Statystyczny, popularly called GUS)) is Poland's chief government executive agency charged with collecting and publishing statistics related to th ...
, p. 85-86 Among its tributaries are the
Łydynia Łydynia is a river of north-eastern central Poland, a left tributary of the Wkra at the town of Sochocin, with an overall length of 72 kilometers.http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/54590,,,,lydynia,haslo.html (Polish language) The river flows past Cie ...
and the
Płonka Płonka is a river in the centre of 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 ...
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Bieżuń Bieżuń is a town in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. The town lies on the Wkra River. As of December 2021, it has a population of 1,807. History Jędrzej of Golczew, castellan of Płock Płock (pronounced ) is a city in cent ...
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Strzegowo Strzegowo (german: Striegenau) is a village on the Wkra river in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Strzegowo. It was formerly known as ''Strzegowo- ...
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Glinojeck Glinojeck is a town in Poland, with 3,087 inhabitants (2004). History A sugar refinery was founded in a Glinojeck in 1858. During the German occupation (World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WW ...
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Sochocin Sochocin is a town in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sochocin. It lies approximately north-east of Płońsk and north-west of Warsaw. The town has ...
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Joniec Joniec is a village in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Joniec. It lies approximately east of Płońsk and north-west of Warsaw Warsaw ( pl ...
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Pomiechówek Pomiechówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pomiechówek, within Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies on the Wkra river, approximately north-east o ...
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Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki , often simply referred to as Nowy Dwór, is a town in east-central Poland with ca. 42500 inhabitants (2008). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodeship (1975–1998) ...
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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 ...


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Rivers of Poland Rivers of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship {{Poland-river-stub