List of rivers in Poland

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The Polish river network
Wisła ( Vistula )
Odra ( Or )
Warta ( Warta )
Bug (bug)
Narew
San ( Saan )
Osława (Oslawa)
Noteć ( networks )
Pilica
Wieprz
Bóbr ( Bober )
Łyna (All)
Nysa Łużycka ( Lusatian Neisse )
Wkra ( Neide / Soldau )
Dunajec
Brda (Brahe)
Prosna , Kanał Bernardyński
Drwęca ( Drewenz )

The list of rivers in Poland lists rivers, smaller rivers and canalized waters that run on the territory of Poland . The letters R and L denote the side of the inflow to the right and left of the source, respectively .

River systems

In the country's largest river systems , the Vistula and the Oder, there is a clear asymmetry of the catchment areas. The left tributaries are significantly less long and watery than the right ones. The area ratio between the left and right side of the catchment areas is 27:73 for the Vistula and 30:70 for the Oder. The main reason for this lies in the multiple overlaps by northern European inland ice during the Quaternary . In front of the changing positions of the ice edge, the rivers were pushed to the side, where they mainly found an outflow to the west and thereby formed valleys that were preserved even after the ice melted and provided many drainage lines.

The river network in Poland is quite dense, but irregular. In the highlands of the Carpathians (Polish: Karpaty ) and the Sudetes (Polish: Sudety ) it can be up to four times denser than in the lowlands, where rainfall is lower and the soils are mostly more permeable. But also in the lowlands, the soil permeability and thus the water density varies greatly. The water network is denser in lowlands close to the groundwater and above loamy ground moraine areas .

Due to the low tidal range in the Baltic Sea, the larger rivers flow into a river delta . The main estuary of the Oder through the spit of the Oderhaff , the Swine , has also formed a rear delta .

Hydrological characteristics

The rivers in Poland are mainly fed by precipitation water such as snow and rain, less often by deep water. The runoff and thus the water levels vary depending on the climatic and topographical conditions of the catchment areas. The smallest fluctuations in water levels are found in lake areas, the largest in mountain rivers such as the Dunajec , where they can reach 9 to 10 meters.

Most of Poland's rivers freeze over in winter; in the west for about a month and in the east up to three months. As a rule, there are two flood times: With the melting of the snow cover in spring between February and April, and in the summer months of June and July due to heavy rainfall in the mountains. There is low water especially in early autumn. On the Baltic Sea coast, storms can also push the water inland and cause flooding.

Drainage areas

The rivers belong to the catchment area of ​​the Baltic Sea , the Black Sea and the North Sea . Proportionally they drain:

  • 99.7% in the Baltic Sea:
    • across the Vistula ( Wisła ): 55.7%;
    • over the Oder ( Odra ): 33.9%;
    • via other rivers that flow directly into the Baltic Sea: 9.3%;
    • over the Memel (Polish: Niemen ): 0.8%;
  • next to it into the Black Sea:
    • over the Orava ( Arwa ) flowing into the Danube
    • across the Strwiąż river, which flows into the Dniester ;
  • and in the North Sea:
    • across the two rivers Izera ( Iser ) and Orlice ( Adler ), which flow into the Elbe .

List of major rivers in Poland

   River name
(Polish) 		River name
(German) 		Length
(in km) 		Length on
Polish territory 		Catchment
area
(in km²) 		Catchment area
on Polish
territory
(in km²)
1 Wisła Vistula 1047 1047 194 424 168 699
2 Odra Or 854 742 118 861 106 058
3 Warta Warta 808 808 54 529 54 529
4th Bug Bug 772 587 39 420 19 284
5 Narew 484 448 75 175 53 873
6th San Saan 443 443 16 861 14 390
7th Noteć Networks 391 391 17 330 17 330
8th Pilica Pilitza 319 319 9273 9273
9 Wieprz Wieprz 303 303 10 415 10 415
10 Bóbr Bober 272 270 5876 5830
11 Łyna All 264 190 7126 5719
12 Nysa Łużycka Lusatian Neisse 252 198 4297 2197
13 Wkra Neide / Soldau 249 249 5322 5322
14th Dunajec Dunajez / Dunajetz 274 247 6804 4852
15th Brda Brahe 238 238 4627 4627
16 Prosna Prosna 217 217 4925 4925
17th Drwęca Drewenz 207 207 5344 5344
18th Wisłok White locomotive 205 205 3528 3528
19th Wda Black water 198 198 2325 2325
20th Drawa Drage 186 186 3296 3296
21st Nysa Kłodzka Glatzer Neisse 182 182 4566 3744
22nd Poprad Popper 170 63 2077 0483
23 Pasłęka Passarge 169 169 2294 2294
24 Rega Rega 168 168 2725 2725
25th Bzura 166 166 7788 7788
26th Wisłoka Wittewater 164 164 4110 4110
27 Obra 164 164 2758 2758
28 Lega Lega 157 157 1016 1016
29 Biebrza Bober 155 155 7057 7051
30th Nida Nida 151 151 3865 3865
31 Gwda Küddow 145 145 4943 4943
32 Wieprza Rocker 140.3 140.3 2170 2170
33 Barycz Bartsch 139 139 5526 5526
34 Parsęta Persante 139 139 3151 3151
35 Słupia Stumble 138.6 138.6 1620 1620
36 Kamienna Kamienna 138 138 2008 2008
37 Ner Ner 134 134 1866 1866
38 Mała Panew Malapane 132 132 2132 2132
39 Raba Raba 132 132 1537 1528
40 Wierzyca heel 130 130 1600 1600
41 Ina Him 126 126 2151 2151

Rivers with runoff into the Baltic Sea

Catchment area of ​​the Vistula

A large number of rivers lead into the Vistula. All rivers are listed in the article Vistula River System , pl. Wistula, recorded.

Catchment area of ​​the Oder

Map of the catchment area of ​​the Odra Oder

The list only includes tributaries of the Oder that - even partially - run on Polish territory. Further inflows are in the Czech Republic and Germany. The order is given downstream.

R / L Tributary Polish name Tributary German name Length in km Catchment area in km² mean discharge in m³ / s Geographical data of the estuary
L. Bełk Belk
L. Przykopa 19.2
L. Psina Zinna 50
L. Osobłoga Hotzenplotz 65.5
L. Nysa Kłodzka Glatzer Neisse 195
L. Oława Ohle 91.7 1167.4
L. Ślęza Tan 72
L. Bystrzyca Świdnicka Schweidnitz Weistritz 95.2 1768
L. Kaczawa Katzbach 98 2500
L. Bóbr Bober 268 5882
L. Nysa Łużycka Lusatian Neisse 254 4297
L. Gunica Aalbach 32
R. Olza Olsa 99 (86.2) 1118 10
R. Ruda Mange 50
R. Bierawka Biravka
R. Kłodnica Klodnitz
R. Mała Panew Malapane
R. Widawa pasture
R. Barycz Bartsch
R. Pliszka Pleiske
R. Ilanka Eilank
R. Warta Warta
R. Myśla Rent
R. Kurzyca Kuritz
R. Rurzyca Röhrike
R. Tywa Thue
R. Ina Him

Catchment area of ​​the Memel

To the river system of the Memel (Polish Niemen ), which itself does not touch Polish territory, belong

Direct discharge into the Baltic Sea

Indirect runoff into the Baltic Sea

The spits of the compensation coast have cut off several inner coastal waters through which other rivers reach the Baltic Sea.

over the Szczecin Lagoon :

about the Świna :

via the Dziwna ( Dievenow ):

About the Fresh Lagoon (Zalew Wiślany):

Rivers with outflow in the Black Sea

Across the Dniestr ( Dniester )

Across the Danube

Rivers with runoff into the North Sea

Over the Elbe

Web links

Individual evidence

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