Czarny Dunajec (Dunajec)

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Czarny Dunajec
Czarny Dunajec in Chochołów

Czarny Dunajec in Chochołów

Data
location Poland
River system Vistula
Drain over Dunajec  → Vistula  → Baltic Sea
Roztoki (Witów) Western Tatras
49 ° 17 ′ 29 ″  N , 19 ° 51 ′ 2 ″  E
Source height 880  m npm
muzzle Dunajec in Nowy Targ Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '4 "  N , 20 ° 2' 35"  E 49 ° 29 '4 "  N , 20 ° 2' 35"  E
Mouth height 579  m npm
Height difference 301 m
Bottom slope 6.3 ‰
length 48 km
Catchment area 456 km²
Medium-sized cities Nowy Targ
Communities Kościelisko , Czarny Dunajec ,
The river on an illustration from 1847

The Czarny Dunajec (German Black Dunajez / Dunajec or rarely Black Targ ) is the eastern source river of Dunajec in the Western Tatras and the region Podhale of 48 kilometers in length, which with its source streams Siwa Woda and Kirowa Woda in the Tatra springs. Both source streams unite at Witów to the Czarny Dunajec, which flows north towards Chochołów . It flows around the Pogórze Spisko-Gubałowskie mountain range from the west and later in an arc from the north, where it meets the Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska valley basin . There it changes its direction of flow and continues to flow east. In Nowy Targ it meets the Biały Dunajec , with which it forms the Dunajec.

geography

On the way the Czarny Dunajec flows through the following villages:

It includes the following watercourses:

- from the left:

- from the right:

In the upper reaches of the Czarny Dunajec has the character of a mountain river. In the valley bottom it meanders in wide loops. Its width is up to 15 meters and its depth is up to 3 meters.

tourism

The Czarny Dunajec is popular with white water kayaking, rafting and fishing enthusiasts. The river is available for water sports enthusiasts.

See also

literature

  • Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski: Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska , Poronin, Wyd. Górskie, 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
  • Tatry Wysokie słowackie i polskie. Mapa turystyczna 1: 25000, Warszawa, 2005/06, Polkart ISBN 83-87873-26-8 .

Web links

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