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The Bzura is a river in central Poland. A tributary of the Vistula river (in Wyszogród), the Bzura is 173 kilometres long and has a basin area of 7,764 km2. During the Second World War, Polish forces made a major stand here against the Wehrmacht in an attempt to halt the German advance on Warsaw (Battle of the Bzura).

Key facts

River.name
Bzura
River.image
Kozlow Biskupi Bzura01.jpg
River.image_size
300px
River.image_caption
The Bzura in Kozłów Biskupi
River.mouth_location
Vistula
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Poland
River.length_km
173
River.basin_size_km2
7764

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Towns and townships
  • Eastern tributaries
  • Western tributaries
  • See also
  • References

The Bzura is a river in central Poland. A tributary of the Vistula river (in Wyszogród), the Bzura is 173 kilometres long and has a basin area of 7,764 km2. During the Second World War, Polish forces made a major stand here against the Wehrmacht in an attempt to halt the German advance on Warsaw (Battle of the Bzura).

==Towns and townships== Zgierz Aleksandrów Łódzki Ozorków Łęczyca Łowicz Sochaczew Brochów Wyszogród

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bzura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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