Biravka
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Birawka Bierawka |
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 The Bierawka in Belk (Bełk, Silesia) |
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| location | Upper Silesia ( Silesian and Opole Voivodeships ), Poland | |
| River system | Or | |
| Drain over | Or → Stettiner Haff | |
| source | northeast of Orzesze in the Orzescher Heights 50 ° 9 ′ 26 ″ N , 18 ° 47 ′ 44 ″ E |
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| muzzle | near Bierawa (Birawa) in the Oder coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 37 ″ N , 18 ° 13 ′ 29 ″ E 50 ° 16 ′ 37 ″ N , 18 ° 13 ′ 29 ″ E
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| Reservoirs flowed through | Jezioro Tama (in Czerwionka-Leszczyny ) | |
The Birawka (1936–45: Bierau , Polish Bierawka ) is a right tributary of the Oder in Upper Silesia , Poland .
It rises in the Orzescher Heights southwest of Katowice in the Upper Silesian coal mining area. On its way to the northwest it flows through the cities of Orzesze ( Orzesche ) and Czerwionka-Leszczyny ( Czerwionka-Leschczin ). On its further course it flows through the large forest area between Koźle ( Cosel ), Gliwice ( Gleiwitz ), Rybnik and Racibórz ( Ratibor ). Their water power has been used here for the operation of hammers since the 18th century . Smelting works, such as B. in Kotlarnia ( Jakobswalde ), stood on their banks.
After about 50 kilometers the Birawka flows into the Oder near the village of Bierawa ( Birawa ).
The Raude runs parallel to the south of the Birawka .
