Orla (Barycz)

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Orla
Horle, Hurle, Horla
The Orla near Zaorle

The Orla near Zaorle

Data
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
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
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

  1. ↑ MAPSTER - Szczegóły. Retrieved November 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ General Staff Map (JPG file), accessed on November 25, 2019
  3. ↑ Topographical-Military Atlas of Silesia (JPG file), accessed on November 25, 2019
  4. ↑ Warunki korzystania for wód zlewni Baryczy. (PDF) Dyrektora Regionalnego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej, 2012, p. 31 , accessed on November 25, 2019 (Polish).
  5. ↑ 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).
  6. ↑ 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).