Vistula River

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The Vistula River is Poland’s longest and most important river, flowing from the Carpathian Mountains to the Baltic Sea and passing through major cities such as Kraków and Warsaw.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
capitalCityOnRiver Warsaw
continent Europe
country Poland
culturalSignificance considered Poland’s national river
frequently referenced in Polish literature
deltaRegion Vistula Delta
surface form: Żuławy Wiślane
dischargesInto Bay of Gdańsk
surface form: Gdańsk Bay
drainageBasinArea approximately 194000 square kilometers
drainageBasinCountry Belarus
Poland
Ukraine
economicImportance important for agriculture in its basin
major waterway for transport in Poland
flowsDirection generally south to north
flowsThrough Gdańsk
Kraków
Płock
Sandomierz
Toruń
Warsaw
flowsThroughCapitalOf Poland
hasDelta Vistula Delta
hasTributary Brda River
Bug River
Drwęca River
Dunajec River
Narew River
Pilica River
San River
Wieprz River
historicalEventLocation Second Northern War
surface form: Swedish Deluge campaigns in the 17th century

World War II military operations in Poland
historicalSignificance important trade route since medieval times
length approximately 1047 kilometers
approximately 651 miles
locatedIn Poland
longestRiverIn Poland
majorCityOnRiver Gdańsk
Kraków
Toruń
Warsaw
majorRiverOf Central Europe
mouth Baltic Sea
passesThroughRegion Kuyavia
Lesser Poland
Mazovia
Pomerania
polishName Vistula River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wisła
sourceCountry Poland
sourceRegion Carpathian Mountains

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Thorn locatedOn Vistula River
Wilga River mouthOfWaterBody Vistula River
Wilga River tributaryOf Vistula River
Wawel Cathedral locatedNear Vistula River
EPMO locatedOnRiver Vistula River
subject surface form: Warsaw Modlin Airport
this entity surface form: Vistula River (nearby)
Modlin locatedOnRiver Vistula River
Modlin Fortress locatedNear Vistula River
village of Wilanów locatedNear Vistula River
Graudenz locatedOn Vistula River
Vistula escarpment follows Vistula River
M2 crosses Vistula River
Dworzec Gdański metro station locatedNear Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula river
Praga-Północ river Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula
Raba River mouthOf Vistula River
Raba River flowsInto Vistula River
Raba River tributaryOf Vistula River
Mukhavets River hasHydrologicalSystem Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula River system
Warsaw Voivodeship (interwar) river Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula
Tczew locatedOnRiver Vistula River
Płońsk County locatedOnRiver Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula
Kwidzyn locatedNearRiver Vistula River
Kociewie crossedByRiver Vistula River
Battle of Włocławek locatedNear Vistula River
Danzig harbor linkedTo Vistula River
Gręboszów locatedOnRiver Vistula River
Bzura (Polish) tributaryOf Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula
Bzura (Polish) mouthLocatedIn Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula
San River mouthOf Vistula River
San River flowsInto Vistula River
San River tributaryOf Vistula River
Lublin Land traversedByRiver Vistula River
Cieszyn County hasGeographicalFeature Vistula River
Skawinka River mouthOfWatercourse Vistula River
Skawinka River tributaryOf Vistula River
Warsaw Voivodeship hasBorderThrough Vistula River
Vistula basin namedAfter Vistula River
Vistula basin drainedBy Vistula River
Vistula basin drainageAreaOf Vistula River
Balice hasNearbyRiver Vistula River
Wieprz River mouthOfWatercourse Vistula River
Wieprz River tributaryOf Vistula River
Włocławek locatedOnRiver Vistula River
northwestern Poland traversedByRiver Vistula River
Przemsza tributaryOf Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula
Przemsza mouthLocation Vistula River
this entity surface form: Vistula