Wkra is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in north-eastern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, a tributary of the

Narew The Narew (; ; or ) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland. It is a tributary of the river Vistula. The Narew is one of Europe's few braided rivers, the term relating to the twisted channels resembling braided h ...

river, with a length of 255 kilometres and a basin area of 5,348 km² - all within Poland.Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017

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, p. 85-86 Among its tributaries are the

Łydynia Łydynia is a river of north-eastern central Poland, a left tributary of the Wkra at the town of Sochocin, with an overall length of 72 kilometers.http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/54590,,,,lydynia,haslo.html (Polish language) The river flows past ...

and the

Płonka Płonka is a river in the centre of Poland, right-bank tributary of Wkra. The total length of the river amounts to 42.6 km. Source of Płonka is located in the vicinity of the village of Staroźreby, mouth near the village of Kołoząb. Tr ...

. Towns and townships: *

Bieżuń Bieżuń is a town in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. The town lies on the Wkra River. As of December 2021, it has a population of 1,807. History Jędrzej of Golczew, castellan of Płock, established the town at the end of the 14t ...

* Radzanów *

Strzegowo Strzegowo () is a village on the Wkra river in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Strzegowo. It was formerly known as ''Strzegowo-Osada'' ("Strzegowo se ...

Glinojeck Glinojeck is a town in Poland, with 3,087 inhabitants (2004). History A sugar refinery was founded in Glinojeck in 1858. During the German occupation (World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 Septe ...

Sochocin Sochocin is a town in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sochocin. It lies approximately north-east of Płońsk and north-west of Warsaw. The town has a ...

* Joniec *

Pomiechówek Pomiechówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pomiechówek, within Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies on the Wkra river, approximately north-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and north-wes ...

Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (pronounced ), often simply referred to as Nowy Dwór, is a town in east-central Poland in the Masovian Voivodeship with ca. 28500 inhabitants (2021). It is the capital of Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship, Nowy Dwór ...

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