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The Warta River in Poznan
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The Warta River near Kostrzyn

Warta (Latin: Varta, German: Warthe) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately 808 kilometers it is the country's third longest river. Warta has a basin area of 54,529. It is connected to the Vistula by the river Noteć and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Kanał Bydgoski).


It flows out of Upper Silesia (the Silesian Voivodship) near Zawiercie, flows through Lodz Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land where it empties into river Oder near Kostrzyn. It is connected to river Vistula by the Noteć river and the Bydgoszcz Canal near Bydgoszcz.

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1 Cities

1.1 Right tributaries
1.2 Left tributaries
1.3 See also

Cities

Right tributaries

Left tributaries

See also


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AllRefer.com - Warta, Central Europe, Central Europe (Central European Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia (196 words)
It is connected with the Vistula River by the Notec River, its tributary, and by the Bydgoszcz Canal.
The Warta is navigable for large craft to Poznan and for small craft for about half its course.
The lower course of the river, formerly in Germany, became (1945) part of Poland as a result of the Potsdam Conference.
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