Vistula
Confluence of Narew and Vistula Modlin .
Map Vistula basin.
Features
Length	1 047 km
Basin	194 424 km 2
Sump	Vistula basin
Average Flow	1054 m 3 s -1
Courses
Source	in Schlesischen Beskiden
Location	close Barania Gra (1214 m)
Altitude	1106 m
Contact	49 36'41 .5 "N 19 0'38" E / 49.611528, 19.01056 (Source - Vistula)
Mouth	Baltic Sea
Location	near Gdansk
Altitude	0 m
Contact	54 21'37 "N 18 57'10" E / 54.36028, 18.95278 (Mouthpiece - Vistula)
Geography
Major tributaries
Left Bank	Pilica
Right Bank	Narew , San , Wieprz
Countries crossed	Poland
Top Cities	Krakow , Tarnobrzeg , Sandomierz , Warsaw , Pock , Wocawek , Toru , Bydgoszcz , Grudzidz , Malbork , Gdansk

The Vistula (in Polish : in German : is the main river polish.

It rises in the Beskid Western High Silesia to 1106 m above sea level and covers 1047 km through Poland before emptying into the Baltic Sea near Gdansk. The average annual flow is at the mouth of 1054 m / s

The river can be divided into three sections:

• the headwaters, the source Sandomierz where he received the San , a tributary of the right bank;
• the average, at the confluence of Sandomierz with Narew magnified the Bug , major tributaries of the right bank;
• the lower reaches of the confluence with the Narew at the mouth by a delta in the Bay of Gdansk. The delta of the Vistula River has undergone major changes in its route during historical times.

Watershed

The watershed of the Vistula covers 194,424 square kilometers which represents over 60% of all Poland and throughout the eastern part (the rest of the country is mainly drained by the Oder (Odra in Polish). The point above the basin is located in the Tatras, at 2663 m altitude, and its average altitude is 270 m. However, 55% of the area lies at altitudes between 100 and 200 m and even, 75 % between 100 m and 300 m. The basin is highly asymmetrical, greater part lying east of the River.

Watershed of the Vistula River and its tributaries

Hydrology

The flat aspect of the countries crossed the Vistula is said that sometimes cause catastrophic flooding, for example 1813 , 1888 , 1934 , 1960. Flow inter annual or module of the Vistula River is 248 m / s for a watershed area of 23,901 km Szczucin , of 561 m / s for a watershed area of 84,857 sq km to Warsaw and from 1042 m / s for a watershed area of 194,376 km Tczew 64 km from its mouth. The average monthly flow of the river does not present significant seasonal fluctuations. It varies from approximately doubled in Tczew with a maximum flow of 1879 m / s in April when the snow melts and a minimum flow of 733 m / s in September.

Average monthly flow (m / s) measured at the hydrological station Tczew -calculated data for the period 1900-1994 ^{Major cities crossed from south to north}

• Krakow , Tarnobrzeg , Sandomierz , Warsaw , Pock , Wocawek , Toru , Bydgoszcz , Grudzidz , Malbork , Gdansk

See also

• List of rivers in the world sorted by continents
• Baltic Sea

Gallery

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Near the source	Towards Skoczw		Abbey Tyniec
Castle Krakow		Bridge of Warsaw	Kazimierz Dolny
Torun	Towards Tczew	Near the mouth	Gdansk

References

1. The Vistula Tczew

Rivers of Poland
3000 km>	Vistula
1 000 km>	Oder
300 km>	Parsta Pask Wieprza
unknown length	Leba Noga Radunia Reda Rega Slupia
Portals Water and Poland

Tributaries and ( sub-tributaries ) of the Vistula
1 300-1 000 km	Vistula.
1 000 to 500 km	( Bug ).
500 to 300 km	Narew. Pilica. San. Wieprz.
300 to 100 km	Brda. Bzura. Drwca. Dunajec. ( Krzna ). Pask. ( Poprad ). Wda. ( Wisok ).
100 to 50 km	Kurwka. Nida. ( Nogat ). ( Osawa ). ( Poltva ). Przemsza. ( Rawk ).
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