Narew

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Confluence of the Narew and Vistula at Modlin

The Narew [ˈnarɛv], known as Narau (Нараў) in Belarusian (also called Naura in Lithuanian, Old Prussian and Jotvingian) is a river in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula river. With a length of 484 kilometres (301 mi), comprising 36 km in Belarus and 448 km in Poland, it is the fifth longest Polish river. The area of the basin is 75,175 square kilometres (29,025 sq mi), including 53,873 km² in Poland.

The Narew originates in Belarus and flows into the Vistula river in Poland. The part between the Zegrze Lake, where it is joined by the Bug river, and Vistula is sometimes called Narwio-Bug, Narwo-Bug or Bugo-Narew. The name of the river comes from a Proto-Indo-European root *nr primarily associated with water (compare with Narva, Neretva, Neris, Ner and Nur).^[1]

1 Cities and towns
2 Other notable places
3 History
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Cities and towns

Narew in Strękowa Góra

The valley of the river Narew taken from the high river bank at Paulinowo-Dzbądz (close to city Różan)

[edit] Other notable places

Drozdowo

[edit] History

On September 6, 1939, Polish military forces attempted to use the Narew as a defense line against German attack during the Invasion of Poland. This was abandoned the next day in favor of the Bug as German forces had already penetrated the defenses.