The Pilica is a

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in central

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, and the longest left tributary of the

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river, with a length of 333 kilometres (8th longest). All 9,258 km² of its basin area is in Poland.Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017
Statistics Poland, p. 85-86 It flows through the

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, after which it enters Central Polish Plains. Pilica flows into the Vistula near the village of Ostrowek, in a geographical region of Central Vistula Valley. In 1974, a dam was built near Sulejow, resulting in the creation of man-made reservoir Sulejow Lake, which has the area of 2,700 hectares. The region in the basin of the Pilica is sometimes called Nadpilicze, and the river itself marks boundary between

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, and two other historical provinces of the country,

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and

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. The first "open-air river museum" in Poland, the Open-air museum of Pilica river, is located on the waterway and the Blue Springs nature reserve lies next to the river.

Towns

* Pilica * Szczekociny * Koniecpol * Przedbórz * Sulejów *

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* Spała *

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* Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą * Wysmierzyce * Białobrzegi *

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Left tributaries

* Luciąża * Rykolanka * Wolborka

Right tributaries

* Czarna (Włoszczowska) * Czarna (Konecka) * Drzewiczka

A kayak route

A 228 km long "Szlak wodny Pilicy" is a

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route on Pilica River. It begins in Zarzecze, Zawiercie County, Zarzecze near Szczekociny and ends on a mouth of the Pilica River. Points on the route: * Zarzecze, Zawiercie County, Zarzecze near Szczekociny * Przedbórz * Faliszew * Skotniki (

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) * Sulejów * Sulejowski Reservoir *

* Spała *

* Żądłowice * Grotowice * Domaniewice * Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą * Białobrzegi *

*a mouth of the Pilica River A section of the river is a

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Towns

Left tributaries

Right tributaries

A kayak route

See also

References