Alle River

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The Alle River, now known as the Łyna, is a river in northeastern Poland and Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast that historically formed part of East Prussia and was the site of significant Napoleonic-era military actions.

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Alle River canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
basinCountry Poland
Russia
country Poland
Russia
crossesInternationalBorder Poland–Russia border
currentNameLanguage Polish
drainageBasin Baltic Sea drainage basin
surface form: Baltic Sea basin
flowsInto Baltic Sea basin via Pregolya River
flowsNorthwardThrough East Prussia
surface form: former East Prussia
flowsThrough Kaliningrad Oblast
Olsztyn
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeSpelling Alle
Alna
surface form: Alna (historical variant)
historicallyIn German Empire
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Nazi Germany
East Prussia
surface form: Province of East Prussia

Weimar Republic
historicalNameOf Łyna
historicalRegion East Prussia
languageOfHistoricalName German
length approximately 264 km
lengthInPoland approximately 190 km
locatedIn Kaliningrad Oblast
northeastern Poland
locatedOnContinent Europe
modernName Łyna
mouth Pregel River
surface form: Pregolya River
partlyLocatedIn Masurian Lake District
surface form: Masuria

Warmia-Masuria region
surface form: Warmia
sourceLocation near Nidzica
sourceRegion Masurian Lake District
tributaryOf Pregel River
surface form: Pregolya River
wasSiteOf Battle of Eylau
surface form: Battle of Eylau campaign area

Napoleonic Wars
surface form: Napoleonic Wars military operations
wasStrategicallyImportantIn Napoleonic Wars

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Battle of Friedland river Alle River