A river, about 764 km (475 mi) long, rising in south-central Poland northwest of Kraków and flowing generally north and west to the Oder River.
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A river, about 764 km (475 mi) long, rising in south-central Poland northwest of Kraków and flowing generally north and west to the Oder River.
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Warta (vär'tä), river, c.475 mi (760 km) long, rising in the Jura Krakowska, S Poland, and flowing N and W past Częstochowa and Poznań to the Oder River at Kostrzyn. It is connected with the Vistula River by the Noteć River, its tributary, and by the Bydgoszcz Canal. The Warta is navigable for large craft to Poznań and for small craft for about half its course. The lower course of the river, formerly in Germany, became (1945) part of Poland as a result of the Potsdam Conference.
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 Warta River near Wronki |
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| Origin | Kromołów, Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska |
| Mouth | Oder River |
| Length | 808 km (502 miles) |
| Avg. discharge | 195 m³/s |
| Basin area | 54 529 km² |
The Warta (German: Warthe; Latin: Varta) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately 808 kilometers it is the country's third longest river. The Warta has a basin area of 54,529 square kilometers. It is connected to the Vistula by the river Noteć and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Kanał Bydgoski) near Bydgoszcz.
It flows out of Upper Silesia (the Silesian Voivodeship) near Zawiercie, flows through Łódź Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land where it empties into the Oder near Kostrzyn nad Odrą.
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- Uniejów
- Koło
- Konin
- Pyzdry
- Śrem
- Mosina
- Puszczykowo
- Luboń
- Poznań
- Oborniki
- Obrzycko
- Wronki
- Sieraków
- Międzychód
- Skwierzyna
- Gorzów Wielkopolski
- Kostrzyn nad Odrą
Right tributaries
Left tributaries
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- Warta (family name)
- Gorzów Wielkopolski (city of western Poland on the Warta River)
- Noteć (river, Poland)
- Zawiercie (city, Poland)
- Oder (river, Poland/Czech Republic/Germany)
- Częstochowa (city, Poland)
- Poznań (city, Poland)
- Biskupin (in archaeology)
- Poland
- Warta (disambiguation)
- Gmina Warta Bolesławiecka
- Lubków, Bolesławiec County
- Wartowice
- Warta Bolesławiecka
