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The Lusatian Neisse (german: Lausitzer Neiße; pl, Nysa Łużycka; cs, Lužická Nisa; Upper Sorbian language, Upper Sorbian: ''Łužiska Nysa''; Lower Sorbian language, Lower Sorbian: ''Łužyska Nysa''), or Western Neisse, is a river in northern Central Europe.''Neisse River''
at www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011.''Transnational Pilot River Basin''
at http://eagri.cz/public. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011. It rises in the Jizera Mountains, near Nová Ves nad Nisou, at the Czech Republic, Czech border becoming the Poland, Polish–Germany, German border for its remaining , to flow into the similarly northward-flowing Oder. Its drainage basin covers , of which in Poland, the rest is mainly in Germany.Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017
Central Statistical Office (Poland), Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 The river reaches the tripoint of the three nations by Zittau, a German town/city, after , leaving the Czech Republic. It is a bank (geography), left-bank tributary of the Oder, into which it flows between Neißemünde-Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn, Lubusz Voivodeship, Kosarzyn – north of the towns of Guben and Gubin, Poland, Gubin. Since the 1945 Potsdam Agreement in the aftermath of World War II, the river has partially demarcated the German-Polish border (along the Oder-Neisse line). While the German population outside was expelled. It is the longest and most watered of the three rivers of its non-adjectival name in both the main languages (the two other rivers being the Eastern Neisse ( pl, Nysa Kłodzka; german: Glatzer Neisse) and Raging Neisse (Polish: ''Nysa Szalona''; German: ''Wütende Neiße'' or ''Jauersche Neiße'')). It is usually simply referred to as the Neisse.
Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law
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The Lusatian Neisse (german: Lausitzer Neiße; pl, Nysa Łużycka; cs, Lužická Nisa; Upper Sorbian language, Upper Sorbian: ''Łužiska Nysa''; Lower Sorbian language, Lower Sorbian: ''Łužyska Nysa''), or Western Neisse, is a river in northern Central Europe.''Neisse River''at www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011.
at http://eagri.cz/public. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011. It rises in the Jizera Mountains, near Nová Ves nad Nisou, at the Czech Republic, Czech border becoming the Poland, Polish–Germany, German border for its remaining , to flow into the similarly northward-flowing Oder. Its drainage basin covers , of which in Poland, the rest is mainly in Germany.Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017
Central Statistical Office (Poland), Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 The river reaches the tripoint of the three nations by Zittau, a German town/city, after , leaving the Czech Republic. It is a bank (geography), left-bank tributary of the Oder, into which it flows between Neißemünde-Ratzdorf and Kosarzyn, Lubusz Voivodeship, Kosarzyn – north of the towns of Guben and Gubin, Poland, Gubin. Since the 1945 Potsdam Agreement in the aftermath of World War II, the river has partially demarcated the German-Polish border (along the Oder-Neisse line). While the German population outside was expelled. It is the longest and most watered of the three rivers of its non-adjectival name in both the main languages (the two other rivers being the Eastern Neisse ( pl, Nysa Kłodzka; german: Glatzer Neisse) and Raging Neisse (Polish: ''Nysa Szalona''; German: ''Wütende Neiße'' or ''Jauersche Neiße'')). It is usually simply referred to as the Neisse.
Name
Since the river runs through the historic region of Lusatia, the adjective "Lusatian" or "Western" before the name of the river Neisse is used whenever differentiating this List of international border rivers, border river from the Eastern Neisse (Polish: ''Nysa Kłodzka'', German: ''Glatzer Neisse'') and the smaller Raging Neisse (Polish: ''Nysa Szalona''; German: ''Wütende Neisse'' or ''Jauersche Neisse''), both in Poland.Towns and villages
At Bad Muskau the Neisse flows through Muskau Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cities and towns on the river from source to mouth include: * Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic * Vratislavice, Czech Republic * Liberec, Czech Republic * Chrastava, Czech Republic * Hrádek nad Nisou, Czech Republic * Zittau, Germany * Bogatynia, Poland * Görlitz, Germany; Zgorzelec, Poland * Pieńsk, Poland * Bad Muskau, Germany; Łęknica, Poland * Forst (Lausitz), Germany * Guben, Germany; Gubin, Poland, Gubin, PolandTributaries
Right bank: * Lubsza (river), Lubsza Left bank: * MandauSee also
* List of rivers of the Czech Republic * List of rivers of Germany * List of rivers of PolandReferences
External links
Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law
Peace Palace Library * commons:Closed Germany-Poland bridges, Closed Germany-Poland bridges {{Authority control Lusatian Neisse basin, International rivers of Europe Rivers of Poland Rivers of Lower Silesian Voivodeship Rivers of Lubusz Voivodeship Rivers of the Liberec Region Rivers of Brandenburg Rivers of Saxony Jablonec nad Nisou District Liberec District Geography of Lusatia Germany–Poland border Federal waterways in Germany Border rivers Rivers of Germany