Waksmundzki Potok

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Waksmundzki Potok

Waksmundzki Potok

Data
location Poland
River system Vistula
Drain over Białka  → Dunajec  → Vistula  → Baltic Sea
source north of the pass
between Wielki Wołoszyn (2155 m)
& Mały Wołoszyn (2145 m)
49 ° 13 ′ 43 ″  N , 20 ° 2 ′ 59 ″  E
Source height 1950  m npm
muzzle in the Białka coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 3 ″  N , 20 ° 6 ′ 4 ″  E 49 ° 15 ′ 3 ″  N , 20 ° 6 ′ 4 ″  E
Mouth height 987  m npm
Height difference 963 m
Bottom slope 16%
length 6 km
Communities Bukowina Tatrzańska

The Waksmundzki Potok is an approximately seven-kilometer-long left tributary of the Białka in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It has the character of a high mountain river.

geography

The river has its source north of the pass between Wielki Wołoszyn (2155 m) and Mały Wołoszyn (2145 m) in the Dolina Waksmundzka valley in the High Tatras , which it flows through its entire length. Shortly before it flows into the Białka, it flows into the Dolina Białki valley . The whole course of the river is in the Tatra National Park .

Surname

Waksmundzki Potok can be derived from the place Waksmund , who owned the valley.

Flora and fauna

The water of the Waksmundzki Potok is clean, rainbow trout, trout, grayling, bullhead and minnow live in the river. The river is surrounded by spruce forests.

tourism

The river and the Dolina Waksmundzka valley are a strict nature reserve that is not accessible to tourists. A marked hiking trail leads across its lower reaches.

River course

literature

  • Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski, Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska, Poronin, Wyd. Górskie, 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
  • Tatry Wysokie słowackie i polskie. Mapa turystyczna 1: 25.000, Warszawa, 2005/06, Polkart ISBN 83-87873-26-8 .

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