Pisa (river)
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Pisa Pissek, Galinde River |
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 The Pisa in Pisz |
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| location | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , Podlaskie Voivodeship , Poland | |
| River system | Vistula | |
| Drain over | Narew → Vistula → Baltic Sea | |
| muzzle | near Nowogród ( Powiat Łomżyński ) in the Narew coordinates: 53 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ N , 21 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E 53 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ N , 21 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E
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| length | 80 km | |
| Catchment area | 4500 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Wincenta (Johannis River ) , Skroda | |
| Right tributaries | Rybnica, Turośl | |
| Flowing lakes | Jezioro Roś (Roschsee) | |
| Medium-sized cities | Pisz (Johannisburg) | |
The Pisa (German name in old atlases also Pisa ) is a right tributary of the Narew in Poland .
course
The Pisa rises near Pisz (German Johannisburg ) from the Jezioro Roś (Roschsee , also Warsaw Lake) fed by the rivers Konopka (Heidebach) and Święcek (Barbe ) . Another, not insignificant tributary to the Roś source lake is the Kanał Jegliński (Wagenauer Canal) , which was restored at considerable expense in 2015 and 2016. The Karwik lock, nowadays only important for recreational shipping, reduces the height difference from Śniardwy (Spirdingsee) from 116 meters above sea level to Roś to 114 meters above sea level. After the canalised part in Pisz, the Pisa flows in a southerly direction in innumerable natural meanders through the eastern Puszcza Piska (Johannisburger Heide) and after about 19 km through the Podlaskie Voivodeship . It forms the eastern border of the Równina Kurpiowska (Kurpie) landscape , runs at some distance past Kolno and flows into the Narew after around 80 km at Nowogród . Their catchment area is given as around 4500 km².
Together with Narew , Vistula and San , the Pisa defined the border between the German and Soviet spheres of interest, as laid down in the diplomatic agreements that followed the secret additional protocol to the German-Soviet non-aggression pact of August 23, 1939. Poland was divided for the fourth time along this border in September 1939 .
Surname
The name refers to the natural conditions ( Prussian "pisa, pisse": deep swamp, groundless morass, where only small birch and spruce trees grow).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Zduniak: Guide to Masuria and the surrounding area. Kengraf, Kętrzyn 2002, ISBN 83-89119-35-8 , p. 129.