Wilga (Vistula, Mazovia)

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Wilga
The Wilga at Kamionka

The Wilga at Kamionka

Data
location Masovian Voivodeship , Poland
River system Vistula
Drain over Vistula  → Baltic Sea
source near Kasyldów in Wysoczyzna Żelechowska
51 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 22 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  E
Source height 172  m npm
muzzle at Wilga in the Vistula Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E 51 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 21 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E

length 67 km
Catchment area 569 km²
Small towns Garwolin

The Wilga is a right tributary of the Vistula in Poland and can be distinguished from the river of the same name in Lesser Poland, which flows into the Vistula on the left in Krakow at the Retmanski Bridge. It rises near Kasyldów in Wysoczyzna Żelechowska in the Lublin Voivodeship , soon reaches the Masovian Voivodeship and flows in a westerly direction via Garwolin to the confluence with the Vistula in the Wilga municipality . The length of the run is 67 km. The catchment area is given as 569 km².

literature

  • Ewa Kaznowska / Łukasz Chudy: " Niżówki i wezbrania górnej Wilgi (Low flows and flood in the upper Wilga river)", in: "Woda-Środowisko-Obszary Wiejskie", Volume 6, Issue 2 (18) (2006), p. 175ff .; PDF ( pl ) , abstract ( en ) .