The Zgłowiączka river is a 79 km long left-bank tributary of the

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. The area of its basin is 1495.6 km2. The river starts from the Głuszyński Canal, which has its sources near the village of

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. Zgłowiączka flows through Głuszyńskie Lake and joins the Vistula in

Włocławek Włocławek (; or ''Alt Lesle'', Yiddish: וולאָצלאַוועק, romanized: ''Vlatzlavek'') is a city in the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland along the Vistula River, bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park ...

. Important tributaries of the river include: Chodeczka and Lubienka (right-handed) and Bachorze Canal (left-handed). Above the town of

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, the water is ranked as class IV purity, and below the town of

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as class V purity (data from 2007/2008).

Water sports

The kayaking route is characterized by its lowland nature and is relatively easy in terms of difficulty (except for some slightly difficult sections below Nowy Młyn). Its difficulty scale is assessed as U3 (permanent portages due to sandbanks, fallen trees and wicker thickets in the current). In the attractiveness scale it is categorised as **, i.e. picturesque. The route is available on the whole length only when the water level is higher than average - in spring or after rainfall. Since 1990 the Włooławek branch of

PTTK ''Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze'', PTTK (Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society) is a Polish non-governmental tourist organization with 312 branches across the country. The PTTK is one of the oldest tourist societies in Europe. ...

(Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society) - Włocławek Water Club has been organizing canoeing on the river (about 55 km, from Orle to Sienkiewicz Park in Włocławek).

References

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