The Pasłęka (; ) is a

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in northern

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that debouches into the

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on the

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near

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. It flows through the

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, city with county rights. The population of the city was estimated at 169,793 residents Olsz ...

and

Mrągowo Mrągowo (until 1947 ; ; Masurian dialects, Masurian: Zondzbork) is a resort town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of northeastern Poland, with 21,889 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Mrągowo County and the seat (though not part of ...

lakelands, and through Gdańsk Coastal Area. The reported length of the river varies, depending on sources, from . The river springs nearby

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, between Stawiguda and Gryźliny, at AMSL; though some sources place it in the Pasłęk reservoir, which lies at AMSL. The river flows through the town of

. The

drainage area A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, th ...

of Pasłęka spreads over . Pasłęka's average mouth discharge equals . The whole length of the river is covered by River Pasłęka Beaver Refugium nature reserve. Pasłęka is one of

Warmia Warmia ( ; Latin: ''Varmia'', ''Warmia''; ; Warmian subdialect, Warmian: ''Warńija''; Old Prussian language, Old Prussian: ''Wārmi'') is both a historical and an ethnographic region in northern Poland, forming part of historical Prussia (reg ...

's two main rivers, accompanied by Łyna. Pasłęka divides two historical lands:

and Upper Prussia (''Powiśle''), consequently for centuries bordering Polish Warmia and the Polish

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s of the

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and

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. In the 2007 water quality survey conducted on Pasłęka 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) from its mouth, its water was classified as the 4th class.'' The historic Polish name ''Pasłęka'' was officially confirmed following

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in 1949, replacing the former

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name ''Passarge''.Monitor Polski. 17/1949. Page 3, position 225, p. 3. http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WMP19490170225

Infrastructure

Pasłęka is sailable between its mouth in Nowa Pasłęka and the hydro plant in

. Several hydro plants are built on the river: *

- power: 0,815 MVA * Pierzchały - power: 3,3 MVA, built in 1936 * Stygajny - planned at the site of the unfinished German

weir A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...

* 'Kormoran' in Łęgucki Młyn * Kasztanowo. installed power of 0,1 MW, rebuilt after a complete destruction and reopened in 1989.

Tributaries

* Rivers: Stara Pasłęka, Wałsza p., Giłwa, Jemiołówka, Marąg, Miłakówka. * Streams: Bardynka,

Biebrza The Biebrza (, ', ') is a river in northeastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew River (near Wizna), with a length of and a basin area of 7,092 km2 (7,067 in Poland).Drwęca Warmińska p., Lipówka, Łaźnica p., Młynówka, Młyńska Struga * Canals: Kanał Rusy, Kanał Skolity, Kanał Energetyczny Pasłęka crosses the following lakes: Wymój, Sarąg, Łęguty, Isąg.

References

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Infrastructure

Tributaries

See also

References