Dunajec
Sign in to saveThe Dunajec (; Goral dialects: Dónajec; ) is a river running through northeastern Slovakia and southern Poland. It is also regarded as the main river of the Goral Lands. It is a right tributary of the Vistula River. It begins in Nowy Targ at the junction of two short mountain rivers, Czarny Dunajec and Biały Dunajec (Black and White Dunajec). Dunajec forms the border between Poland and Slovakia for in the Pieniny Środkowe (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) range, east of the Czorsztyn reservoir.
Key facts
- River.name
- Dunajec
- River.image
- Widok z Trzech Koron w Pieninach, 20231014 1446 2508.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Dunajec viewed from Trzy Korony
- River.source1_location
- confluence of Czarny Dunajec and Biały Dunajec
- River.mouth_location
- Vistula
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Slovakia, Poland
- River.length_km
- 249
- River.basin_size_km2
- 6796
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The Dunajec (; Goral dialects: Dónajec; ) is a river running through northeastern Slovakia and southern Poland. It is also regarded as the main river of the Goral Lands. It is a right tributary of the Vistula River. It begins in Nowy Targ at the junction of two short mountain rivers, Czarny Dunajec and Biały Dunajec (Black and White Dunajec). Dunajec forms the border between Poland and Slovakia for in the Pieniny Środkowe (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) range, east of the Czorsztyn reservoir.
==Geography== The Dunajec is long, including its source river Czarny Dunajec, which makes it Poland's thirteenth longest river. It has a basin area of ( in Poland, and in Slovakia). On the Slovak-Polish border, the Dunajec flows through the Zamagurie region, with attractions such as the Dunajec River Gorge, the Trzy Korony massif with a precipice, Červený Kláštor, and two Pieniny castles in Czorsztyn and Niedzica.