Równina Ornecka
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Location of the Równina Ornecka in Poland |
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Drwęca Warmińska River |
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location | Warmia-Masuria , Poland |
Coordinates | 54 ° 7 ' N , 20 ° 8' E |
The Równina Ornecka (from the city of Orneta , German Wormditt ) is a mesoregion in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland . It is about 225 km². The area shaped by the Ice Age is sander .
location
The Równina Ornecka is part of the Nizina Staropruska . In the north it borders on the Stablack , in the east on the Nizina Sępopolska (Schippenbeiler Tiefland), in the south on the Allenstein Lake District and in the west on the Równina Warmińska .
Rivers
The Równina Ornecka drains into the Fresh Lagoon . An important river is the Drwęca Warmińska (Drewenz), a right tributary of the Pasłęka (Passarge).
colonization
The Równina Ornecka is relatively densely populated. The most important small town is Orneta (Wormditt) , which gives it its name .
nature
The land is largely overgrown with dense spruce forest.
literature
- Jerzy Kondracki: Geografia regionalna Polski. Warszawa 2002, PWN, ISBN 83-01-13897-1 .