Kurówka is a river in South-East

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, a right tributary of

Vistula The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...

River. Its length is approximately 50 kilometres and its basin covers roughly 395.4 km². Its source is located near the village of Piotrowice Wielkie and it joins Vistula in

Puławy Puławy (, also written Pulawy) is a city in eastern Poland, in Lesser Poland's Lublin Voivodeship, at the confluence of the Vistula and Kurówka Rivers. Puławy is the capital of Puławy County. The city's 2019 population was estimated at 47,4 ...

. Among the notable villages located along the river are Garbów, Markuszów,

Kurów Kurów () is a village in south-eastern Poland, located in the historic province of Lesser Poland, between Puławy and Lublin, on the Kurówka River. It is capital of a separate gmina (municipality) called Gmina Kurów, within Lublin Voivodesh ...

and

Końskowola Końskowola is a village in southeastern Poland (historic Lesser Poland region), located between Puławy and Lublin, near Kurów on the Kurówka River. It is the seat of a separate commune ('' gmina'') within Puławy County in Lublin Voivodeshi ...

. Because the

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production

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uses the river as the main source of water, it was canalized and separated from Vistula by a system of

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s and

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s. Apart from smaller streams, the river has two main tributaries: right tributary named Białka (sometimes referred to as Bielkowa), and left tributary named Garbówka (sometimes referred to as ''Struga Kurowska'').

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurowka Rivers of Poland Rivers of Lublin Voivodeship