Weichsel

Also known as Wisła, Wisla, Visla

mitteleuropäischer Strom zur Ostsee

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The Vistula is Poland's longest river and the longest river that flows into the Baltic Sea, stretching across a vast distance. Its drainage basin extends beyond Poland into three neighboring countries, making it an important waterway for the wider region.

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Key facts

River.name: Vistula
River.image: Dolina-dolnej-wisły.jpg
River.image_size: 300px
River.image_caption: Vistula in the Polish region of Kuyavia and southern Pomerania
River.map: Vistula river map.png
River.map_size: 300px
River.map_caption: Vistula River drainage basin in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and Slovakia
River.pushpin_map_size: 320px
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe zoom: 5
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Poland
River.subdivision_type3: Voivodeship
River.subdivision_type5: Towns/Cities
River.subdivision_name5: Wisła, Oświęcim, Kraków, Sandomierz, Warsaw, Płock, Włocławek, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Grudziądz, Tczew, Gdańsk
River.discharge1_location: Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, Mikoszewo
River.source1_location: Barania Góra, Silesian Beskids
River.mouth_location: Mikoszewo, Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea,Przekop channel near Świbno, Poland

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: main stem
Country: Poland
Located in: Pomeranian Voivodeship
Continent: Europe
Image: Boat on the Vistula River in Kraków, Poland.jpg
Length: 1047

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mouth of the watercourse: Gdańsk Bay
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
watershed area: 194500
discharge: 1080
drainage basin: Vistula basin
tributary: Wda
origin of the watercourse: Barania Góra
basin country: Poland
P6482: Vistula
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
native label: Wisła
different from: fistula
Commons category: Vistula
category for the water basin: Category:Vistula basin
topic's main category: Category:Vistula
lake on watercourse: Włocławek Reservoir
Commons gallery: Vistula

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Article · Deutsch

Die Weichsel (polnisch Wisła ([ˈvʲiswa] ), tschechisch Visla, lateinisch Vistula) ist ein 1048 Kilometer langer und für europäische Verhältnisse weitgehend unregulierter und naturbelassener Strom und der längste Fluss in Polen.Das Einzugsgebiet umfasst auch Teile der Slowakei, Belarus’ und der Ukraine. Der längste Gewässerlauf in ihrem Flusssystem sind die 1213 Flusskilometer von der Quelle des Westlichen Bug bis zur Ostsee. Auf alten Landkarten findet man auch die Schreibweisen W(e)ixel oder Wissel.

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