Warta
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Warta River | |
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Warta River near Wronki | |
Origin | Kromołów, Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska |
Mouth | Oder River |
Length | 808 km (502 miles) |
Avg. discharge | 195 m³/s |
Basin area | 54 529 km² |
The Warta (German: Warthe; Latin: Varta) 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 square kilometers. 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 Voivodeship) near Zawiercie, flows through Łódź Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land where it empties into the Oder near Kostrzyn nad Odrą.
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