Warta River
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Origin | Kromołów, Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska |
Mouth | Odra River |
Length | 808,2 km |
Avg. discharge | 195 m³/s |
Basin area | 54 529 km² |
The Warta (Latin: Varta, German: Warthe) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately 808 kilometers it is the country's third longest river. The Warta has a basin area of 54,529. It is connected to the Vistula by the river Noteć and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Kanał Bydgoski) near Bydgoszcz.
It flows out of Upper Silesia (the Silesian Voivodship) near Zawiercie, flows through Lodz Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land where it empties into the Oder near Kostrzyn nad Odrą.
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- Zawiercie
- Myszków
- Częstochowa
- Działoszyn
- Sieradz
- Warta
- Dobra
- Koło
- Konin
- Pyzdry
- Śrem
- Mosina
- Puszczykowo
- Luboń
- Poznań
- Oborniki
- Obrzycko
- Wronki
- Sieraków
- Międzychód
- Skwierzyna
- Gorzów Wielkopolski
- Kostrzyn nad Odrą