Orla (Barycz)
Orla Horle, Hurle, Horla |
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The Orla near Zaorle |
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location | Greater Poland and Lower Silesia , Poland | |
River system | Or | |
Drain over | Barycz → Oder → Baltic Sea | |
source | in Koźminiec ( Dobrzyca municipality ) 51 ° 47 ′ 55 ″ N , 17 ° 37 ′ 35 ″ E |
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Source height | 155 m npm | |
muzzle | west of Wąsosz in the Barycz coordinates: 51 ° 34 ′ 6 ″ N , 16 ° 39 ′ 57 ″ E 51 ° 34 ′ 6 ″ N , 16 ° 39 ′ 57 ″ E |
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Mouth height | 83 m npm | |
Height difference | 72 m | |
Bottom slope | 0.76 ‰ | |
length | 95.1 km | |
Catchment area | 1601 km² |
The Orla ( German Horle , Hurle or Horla ) is a river in western Poland. It is the largest right tributary of the Barycz (Bartsch) with a length of 95.1 km and a catchment area of 1601 km². The Orla flows into the southern lowlands of Greater Poland and into the Obniżenie Milicko-Głogowskie (Militisch-Glogauer-Niederung) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship .
Hydrology
The river rises in the village of Koźminiec in the Wysoczyzna Kaliska from a spring 155 m above sea level, then flows through the Żmigrodzka valley (Trachenberg basin) and empties 34.6 km west of Wąsosz (Herrnstadt) at an altitude of 83 m the sea level in the Barycz .
The catchment area of the Orla lies on the border of the Greater Poland and Lower Silesia voivodeships . It is an agricultural area where arable land predominates with a small number of forests and wooded areas.
The main tributaries of the Orla are:
- left: Czarna Woda, Żydowski Potok, Borownica, Orla Leniwa, Wilczyna;
- right: Radyca (Rździeca), Szpatnica (Stara Orla), Dąbroczna (Dąbrocznia), Masłówka.
Important cities along the Orla are Koźmin Wielkopolski , Jutrosin , Korzeńsko and Wąsosz .
Individual evidence
- ↑ MAPSTER - Szczegóły. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
- ↑ General Staff Map (JPG file), accessed on November 25, 2019
- ↑ Topographical-Military Atlas of Silesia (JPG file), accessed on November 25, 2019
- ↑ Warunki korzystania for wód zlewni Baryczy. (PDF) Dyrektora Regionalnego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej, 2012, p. 31 , accessed on November 25, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ Katarzyna Tokarczyk-Dorociak, Szymon Gębarowski: Implementation of Water Framework Directive in Barycz river Basin. (PDF) In: Infrastructure and Ecology of Rural Areas. Polska Akademia Nauk, p. 19 , accessed on November 25, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ List of names of flowing waters. (PDF) Commission on Standardization of Geographical Names Outside the Republic of Poland, p. 197 , accessed on November 25, 2019 (Polish).