| Lusatian Neisse | |
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Nysa near Skerbersdorf, Krauschwitz municipality
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| Countries | Czech Republic, Poland, Germany |
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| Source | Jizera Mountains |
| - location | Nová Ves nad Nisou, Liberec Region, Czech Republic |
| - elevation | 655 m (2,149 ft) |
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| Mouth | Oder |
| - location | Neißemünde, Brandenburg, Germany |
| - elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
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| Length | 252 km (157 mi) |
| Basin | 4,297 km2 (1,659 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 30 m3/s (1,059 cu ft/s) |
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Oder and Neisse rivers
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The Lusatian Neisse (Czech: Lužická Nisa; German: Lausitzer Neiße; Polish: Nysa Łużycka; Sorbian: Łužiska Nysa) is a 252 km (157 mi) long river in Central Europe.[1][2] It has its source in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou, Czech Republic, reaching the tripoint with Poland and Germany at Zittau after 54 km (34 mi), and later forming the Polish-German border for a length of 198 km (123 mi). The Lusatian Neisse is a left-bank tributary of the Oder river, into which it flows between Neißemünde-Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn north of the towns of Guben and Gubin.
According to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement in the aftermath of World War II, the river became part of the Polish western border with Germany (the Oder-Neisse line). Being the longest and most notable of the three rivers named Neisse (Neiße) (German) or Nysa (Polish) (the two other rivers being Nysa Kłodzka (Glatzer Neisse) and Nysa Szalona (Wütende Neiße or Jauersche Neiße)), it is simply referred to as the Nysa or Neisse. An older Polish variant, no longer used, was Nissa.[3]
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Since the river runs through the historic region of Lusatia, the adjective before the name of the river Neisse is used whenever differentiating this particular river from the Nysa Kłodzka (Glatzer Neiße) and the small Nysa Szalona (Wütende Neiße or Jauersche Neiße) in Silesia.
At Bad Muskau the Neisse flows through Muskau Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cities and towns on the river from source to mouth include:
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Left bank:
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