Skrwa Lewa (''Left Skrwa''; in Polish also ''Skrwa Lewobrzeżna'' or ''Skrwa Południowa'') is a river of
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
, a left tributary of the
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 ...
. It flows through the
Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park, and from the town of
Gostynin
Gostynin is a town in central Poland with 19,414 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship since 1999 and was previously in the Płock Voivodship from 1975 to 1998. It is the capital of Gostynin County.
History
Gostynin h ...
to its mouth it is a kayaking area.
Its counterpart the
Skrwa Prawa
Skrwa Prawa (''Right Skrwa''; in Polish also ''Skrwa'', ''Skrwa Północna'', or ''Płosznica'') is a river of Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula. Its own tributaries include the Okalewka, the Urszulewka, the Chraponianka, the Sierpie ...
(''Right Skrwa'') joins the Vistula about three miles downstream on the opposite bank.
Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship
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