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Narwiański Park Narodowy
Narew National Park () is a List of National Parks of Poland, National Park in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, created in 1996. Prior to that, its area was part of the Narew Landscape Park. The park is a section of the Narew, Narew River. It is a swampy valley with moraine hills typical of a braided river. Depending on the season and the level of the water table, several Riparian zone, riparian area ecosystems are available, including swamps, tussock (grass), tussocks with surrounding black alder () and white willow () forested areas. The total area of the park is , of which only is state-owned. The rest is distributed across 12,000 different plots of privately held land, mostly by small-scale farmers. The park covers the Upper Narew Valley, a swampy area between the towns of Suraż and Rzedziany, Rzędziany. Around 98% of the park's area consists of rivers, periodically flooded lands, or wetlands. The Narew is the park's main river, which splits in the area into ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narew
The Narew (; ; or ) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland. It is a tributary of the river Vistula. The Narew is one of Europe's few braided rivers, the term relating to the twisted channels resembling braided hair. Around 57 kilometres (35 mi) of the river flows through western Belarus. Etymology The name of the river is from a Proto-Indo-European root ''*nr'' primarily associated with ''water'' (compare Neretva, Neris, Ner and Nur) or from a Lithuanian language verb ''nerti'' associated primarily with ''diving'' and ''flood''. Name of the lower portion The portion of the river between the junctions with the Western Bug and the Vistula is also known as the Bugonarew, Narwio-Bug, Narwo-Bug, Bugo-Narew, Narwiobug or Narwobug. At the confluence near Zegrze the Bug is 1.6× longer, drains a 1.4× larger basin, and has a slightly greater average discharge (158 m³/s at Wyszków vs 146 m³/s at Pułtusk for the Narew, both ~25 km abov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |