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Bystrzyca (Odra)
Bystrzyca is a river of Poland, a left tributary of the Oder, which it meets a few kilometers north (downstream) from Wrocław. The Bystrzyca was dammed in 1917 near the village of Lubachów to create Lake Lubachowskie, and dammed at Mietków in 1974 to create the large reservoir Zalew Mietkowski. The river also forms the western boundary of the Owl Mountains range in the Central Sudetes. Among its tributaries is the Strzegomka Strzegomka is a river of Poland, a tributary of the Bystrzyca in Samotwór Samotwór (german: Romberg) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western .... See also * Bystrzyca (other) References Rivers of Poland Rivers of Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oder
The Oder ( , ; Czech language, Czech, Lower Sorbian language, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming of the border between Poland and Germany as part of the Oder–Neisse line. The river ultimately flows into the Szczecin Lagoon north of Szczecin and then into three branches (the Dziwna, Świna and Peene) that empty into the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea. Names The Oder is known by several names in different languages, but the modern ones are very similar: English and ; Czech, Polish, and , ; (); Medieval Latin: ''Od(d)era''; Renaissance Latin: ''Viadrus'' (invented in 1534). Ptolemy knew the modern Oder as the Συήβος (''Suebos''; Latin ''Suevus''), a name apparently derived from the Suebi, a Germanic people. While he also refers to an outlet in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, seventh largest EU country, covering a combined area of . It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordering seven countries. The territory is characterised by a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and Temperate climate, temperate transitional climate. The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Humans have been present on Polish soil since the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Glacial Period over 12,000 years ago. Culturally diverse throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrocław
Wrocław (; , . german: Breslau, , also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. , the official population of Wrocław is 674,132 making it the third largest city in Poland. The population of the Wrocław metropolitan area is around 1.25 million. Wrocław is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The history of the city dates back over 1,000 years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany, until it became again part of Poland in 1945 as the result of territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II. Wrocław is a university city with a student popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubachów
Lubachów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdnica, within Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south of Świdnica, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław Wrocław (; , . german: Breslau, , also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly .... References Villages in Świdnica County {{Świdnica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mietków
Mietków is a village in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Mietków __NOTOC__ Gmina Mietków is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Mietków, which lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Wrocła .... It lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. References Villages in Wrocław County {{Wrocław-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owl Mountains
The Owl Mountains ( pl, Góry Sowie, cs, Soví hory, german: Eulengebirge) are a mountain range of the Central Sudetes in southwestern Poland. It includes a protected area called Owl Mountains Landscape Park. Geography The Owl Mountains cover an area of about and stretch over between the historic Lower Silesian region and Kłodzko Land. Apart from the main ridge, the subdivisions of ''Garb Dzikowca'' and ''Wzgórza Wyrębińskie'' can be distinguished. The range is bounded by the valley of the Bystrzyca river in the northwest, forming a natural border with the adjacent Waldenburg Mountains (''Góry Wałbrzyskie''). In the southeast, the border is marked out by Srebrna Góra pass, separating them from the Bardzkie Mountains (''Góry Bardzkie''). In the north, the border is on Kotlina Distrabiekenstein and in the south on Obniżenie Noworudzkie and Włodzickie Hills. In the southwest, the broad Kłodzko Valley stretches to the Table Mountains (''Góry Stołowe''), the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Sudetes
The Central Sudetes ( cs, Orlická oblast or ''Střední Sudety'', pl, Sudety Środkowe, german: Mittelsudeten) are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr in the west. The Central Sudetes comprise a number of mountain ranges, including: * Orlické Mountains * Bystrzyckie Mountains * Bardzkie Mountains * Owl Mountains * Stone Mountains * Stołowe Mountains The largest town within the Central Sudetes is Wałbrzych in Poland, where the Owl Mountains contain extended black coal reserves. Literary Heights Festival The Literary Heights Festival, a Polish literary festival founded in 2015 which takes place in the vicinity of Nowa Ruda at the foot of the Owl Mountains in the Kłodzko Valley. The event's organizers include the Mount Babel Cultural Association, the city and commune of Nowa Ruda, while the hosts are Karol Malis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudetes
The Sudetes ( ; pl, Sudety; german: Sudeten; cs, Krkonošsko-jesenická subprovincie), commonly known as the Sudeten Mountains, is a geomorphological subprovince in Central Europe, shared by Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. They consist mainly of mountain ranges and are the highest part of Bohemian Massif. They stretch from the Saxon capital of Dresden in the northwest across to the region of Lower Silesia in Poland and to the Moravian Gate in the Czech Republic in the east. Geographically the Sudetes are a '' Mittelgebirge'' with some characteristics typical of high mountains. Its plateaus and subtle summit relief makes the Sudetes more akin to mountains of Northern Europe than to the Alps. In the west, the Sudetes border with the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The westernmost point of the Sudetes lies in the Dresden Heath (''Dresdner Heide''), the westernmost part of the West Lusatian Hill Country and Uplands, in Dresden. In the east of the Sudetes, the Moravian Gat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strzegomka
Strzegomka is a river of Poland, a tributary of the Bystrzyca in Samotwór Samotwór (german: Romberg) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kąty Wrocławskie, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately north-east of .... Before 1945 the river was known as the Striegau. Rivers of Poland Rivers of Lower Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bystrzyca (other)
Bystrzyca may refer to: Rivers *Bystrzyca (Odra), a tributary of the Oder *, a tributary of the Tyśmienica *Bystrzyca Dusznicka, a tributary of the Nysa Kłodzka *Bystrzyca Łomnicka, a tributary of the Nysa Kłodzka *Bystrytsia River, a river in modern Ukraine Towns and villages *Bystrzyca Kłodzka, a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Bystrzyca, Lwówek Śląski County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Bystrzyca, Oława County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) *Bystrzyca, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) *Bystrzyca, Kraśnik County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) *Bystrzyca, Lublin County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Bystrzyca, Łuków County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Bystrzyca, Subcarpathian Voivodeship (south-east Poland) *Bystrzyca, Gniezno County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Bystrzyca, Konin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Polan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Poland
Following is a list of rivers, which are at least partially, if not predominantly located within Poland.KSNG (2002–2014)List of Names of Flowing Waters (Wykaz nazw wód płynacych)(PDF file, direct download 1.47 MB), Komisja Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej: Nazwy geograficzne. Pages: 1/348. Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 Rivers by length ''For list of rivers in alphabetical order, please use table-sort buttons.''River system |
