Vistula facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Vistula River |
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Confluence of the Narew and the Vistula at Modlin
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| Countries | Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Barania Góra, Silesian Beskids 1,106 m (3,629 ft) |
| River mouth | Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea |
| Length | 1,047 km (651 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 194,424 km²; (75,067 mi²) |
The Vistula (Polish: Wisła) is the longest river in Poland. It is 1,047 km (678 miles) long.
Contents
How it flows
Tributaries
The following is the list of right and left tributaries and the name of a city close by, listed from source to mouth:
Right tributaries
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Left tributaries
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Images for kids
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Widespread flooding along the Vistula River in south-eastern Poland
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Vistula valley east (upstream) of Toruń
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Death of Princess Wanda, by Maksymilian Piotrowski, 1859
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A Vistulan stronghold in Wiślica once stood here.
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The 11th century Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec overlooks the Vistula.
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Vistula river near the Duke of Masovia Castle in Czersk
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Vistula river (Vistvla fluvivs) in Toruń in 1641
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Kierbedź Bridge over the Vistula in Warsaw (c. 1900). This framework bridge was constructed by Stanisław Kierbedź in 1850–1864. It was destroyed by the Germans in 1944.
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Biała Wisełka
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Lake Morskie Oko, White Dunajec Springs
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Vistula flooding south of Warsaw, 2004
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he Vistula in Płock
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See also
In Spanish: Vístula para niños
