Warta

Warta River

Warta River near Wronki
Country Poland
Basin features
Main source Kromołów, part of Zawiercie,
Kraków-Częstochowa Upland
379 m (1,243 ft)
River mouth Oder River at Kostrzyn
Basin size 54,529 km2 (21,054 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 808 km (502 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    195 m3/s (6,900 cu ft/s)

The Warta (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvaɾta] German: Warthe; Latin: Varta) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder River (Polish: Odra). With a length of approximately 808 kilometres (502 mi) it is the country's third-longest river. The Warta has a basin area of 54,529 square kilometers (21,054 sq mi) and it is navigable from Kostrzyn nad Odrą to Konin, approximately half of its length.[1] It is connected to the Vistula by the Noteć River and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Kanał Bydgoski) near Bydgoszcz.

Course

It rises in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland at Kromołów in Zawiercie, Silesian Voivodeship, flows through Łódź Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land, where it empties into the Oder near Kostrzyn at the border with Germany.

The Greater Polish Warta Basin was the original Poland; it is said that the Polans (Polish: Polanie), a West Slavic tribe, settled the Warta Basin in the 8th century. The river is also mentioned in the second stanza of the Polish national anthem, "Poland Is Not Yet Lost."

Cities

Warta River in Poznań

Right tributaries

Warta River near Kostrzyn

Left tributaries

See also

References

  1. ↑ Warta River Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Coordinates: 52°35′55″N 14°36′37″E / 52.5986°N 14.6103°E / 52.5986; 14.6103


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