Sopot is a small river in
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 mill ...
. It originates near the
Majdan Sopocki village and flows through
Roztocze hills, passing through villages of
Ciotusza Stara,
Nowiny,
Hamernia, and
Osuchy. It is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
of
Tanew
Tanew is a river in south-east Poland, a tributary of San. It starts in Roztocze hills. Tanew has a length of about 113 km and its catchment area is 2339 km². Its tributaries are: Potok Łosiniecki (R), Jeleń (R), Sopot
Sopot i ...
.
The river flows through the Polish Landscape Park of
Puszcza Solska and the Czartowe Pole
nature preserve
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.
Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Lublin Voivodeship
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