The Kurówka is a river in South-East
Poland
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, and a right tributary of
Vistula
The Vistula (; ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length. Its drainage basin, extending into three other countries apart from Poland, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra i ...
River.
Its length is approximately 50 kilometres and its basin covers roughly 395.4 km
2. Its source is located near the village of
Piotrowice Wielkie and it joins the Vistula in
Puławy. Among the notable villages located along the river are
Garbów,
Markuszów,
Kurów and
Końskowola.
Because the
nitrogen
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production
plant
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in
Puławy uses the river as the main source of water, it has been canalized and separated from the Vistula by a system of
dam
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s and
water gates. Apart from smaller streams, the river has two main tributaries: right tributary named
Białka (sometimes referred to as Bielkowa), and left tributary named
Garbówka (sometimes referred to as ''Struga Kurowska'').
References
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Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Lublin Voivodeship