Motława
Sign in to saveThe Motława (; ) is a river in Eastern Pomerania in Poland. Its source is in Szpęgawskie Lake, northeast from the town of Starogard Gdański. The Motlawa goes through Rokickie Lake to Martwa Wisła, a branch of the Vistula. The total length of the river is estimated at 68 km, and its drainage basin is 1511.3 km2.
Key facts
- River.name
- Motława River
- River.image
- Calle Dlugie Pobrzeze, Gdansk, Polonia, 2013-05-20, DD 06.jpg
- River.image_size
- 300px
- River.image_caption
- The Main Town of Gdańsk
- River.source1_location
- near Szpęgawsk, Starogard County
- River.mouth_location
- Gdańsk
- River.progression
- Martwa Wisła→ Baltic Sea
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.mouth
- Martwa Wisła
- River.tributaries_left
- Radunia
- River.tributaries_right
- Nowa Motława
- River.mapframe zoom
- 9
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Śródmieście
- Image
- Gdańsk żuraw (3).jpg
- Length
- 64.7
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- Commons category
- Motława
- watershed area
- 1511.3
- mouth of the watercourse
- Martwa Wisła
- tributary
- Kanał Raduni
- P6482
- Motława
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The Motława (; ) is a river in Eastern Pomerania in Poland. Its source is in Szpęgawskie Lake, northeast from the town of Starogard Gdański. The Motlawa goes through Rokickie Lake to Martwa Wisła, a branch of the Vistula. The total length of the river is estimated at 68 km, and its drainage basin is 1511.3 km2.
The city of Gdańsk is situated at its mouth in the Martwa Wisła. In Gdańsk, the Motława ferry crosses the river, a service that has run since the year 1687.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Motława” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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