Szkwa

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Szkwa
Skwa. Rozoga, Rosogga
The Szkwa in Rozogi

The Szkwa in Rozogi

Data
location Masovian Voivodeship , Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship , Poland
River system Vistula
Drain over Narew  → Vistula  → Baltic Sea
muzzle at St.-Kurpiewskie in the Narew Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E 53 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E

length 103 km
Catchment area 482 km²
Right tributaries Piasutna

The Szkwa (also Skwa, in the upper reaches Rozoga, German name Rosogga, but to be differentiated from the Rozoga river, which runs a few kilometers to the west ) is a right tributary of the Narew in Poland . It rises above the Jezioro Świętajno (Szczytno) (Schwentainer lake) - to distinguish it from the Jezioro Świętajno (Olecko) - Masuria, the flows through it, extending as Rozoga in a south-southeast direction changes according to their entry into the Masovian its name to Szkwa and flows through the Równina Kurpiowska (Kurpie) approximately in a southerly direction to its confluence with the Narew after a run of 103 km. In its last section, it forms the border with the Podlaskie Voivodeship . Its catchment area is given as 482 km². There are no cities on the Szkwa.