Narewka (river)
| Narewka | |
| Нараўка | |
| River | |
 Narewka River in the Bialowieza Forest, Poland | |
| Countries | Poland, Belarus |
|---|---|
| Voivodeships / Voblasts | Hrodna, Podlaskie |
| Source | |
| - location | south-eastern part of the Bialowieza Forest, Belarus |
| - elevation | 159 m (522 ft) |
| - coordinates | 52°52′24.68″N 24°13′8.87″E / 52.8735222°N 24.2191306°E |
| Mouth | |
| - location | Wilcze Gardło on the Narew, Poland |
| - elevation | 137 m (449 ft) |
| - coordinates | 52°26′N 20°41′E / 52.433°N 20.683°ECoordinates: 52°26′N 20°41′E / 52.433°N 20.683°E |
| Length | 61.1 km (38 mi) |
| Basin | 711 km2 (275 sq mi) |
 Narewka (in red) on the map of the tributary rivers of Narew (blue)
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The river Narewka (Polish pronunciation: [naˈrɛfka]; Belarusian Нараўка) is a left-bank tributary of the Narew river in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland.
Etymology
The name of the river comes from a Proto-Indo-European root *nr primarily associated with water (compare Narva, Neretva, Neris, Ner and Nur).[1]
Geography
The Narewka flows through the geographical region of Europe known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Bialoruskie (English: Podlasie and Belarus Plateau) located within the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland and the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus. Major part of the river flows through Białowieża Forest. Narewka is the main watercourse for the Polish part of Bialowieza Forest.
The length of the river is 61.1 km, including 21.7 kilometers in the Republic of Belarus.
Catchment (basin) covers an area Narewka 710.7 km sq., of which the Polish border is 491.32 km. Within the forest is 380 km2 catchment area, part of which falls in the Bialowieza National Park. Catchment forest cover is 49.9%. Until dry, Narewka flowed through quite a muddy valley. In the 60s of the twentieth century has been draining uroczyska "Wild Nikora.
The width of the trough Narewka ranges from 5 to 15 m (at the mouth). The maximum depth at the measuring point in Bialowieza: 201 cm. The rate of flow is 2 km / hr.
History
Narewka River is marked on the first map of Bialowieza, line drawn in 1784 by the royal surveyor Michael Połchowskiego. The documents appear much earlier.
In December 1409 Władysław Jagiełło took place in Bialowieza Forest a great hunt, making the stocks of meat before the battle of Grunwald. The meat is in the spring of next year, the river was floated Narewka, Narew and the Vistula to Plock.
In 1559 a partial separation was carried out from Bialowieza Forest Bielsko (Ladzkiej). Narewka River to the mouth of the Narew, along with the river Wieliczanka constituted the boundary between forests.
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Cities and towns
Villages: Białowieża, Pogorzelce, Narewka, Nowe Lewkowo and Stare Lewkowo.
Tributaries
Łutownia, Przedzielna (left bank), Orłówka, Hwoźna and Braszcza (right bank).
- L Waliczówka
- L Jabłoniówka
- P Bobrówka (dopływ Narewki)
- L Okulanka
- L Jelonka (dopływ Narewki)
- P Braszcza
- P Hwoźna
- P Sirota
- L Przedzielna
- P Orłówka
- L Łutownia
- P Krynica
- P Złota
- L Jelonka
- L Pierierownica
- L Tisovka
| Left Bank | Right Bank | Municipality | Characteristics | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bialowieza Forest | Belarus | |||
| Łutownia | Bialowieza Forest | Poland | ||
| Przedzielna | ||||
| Orłówka | ||||
| Hwoźna | ||||
| Braszcza | ||||
| Wilcze Gardło | mouth of the river at the Narew |
References
- ↑ Witold Mańczak (1999). Wieża Babel (in Polish). Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. ISBN 83-04-04463-3.