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Vistula

Vistula (Polish Wisła, German Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland. It is 1,047 kilometers (678 miles) long and drains about 192,000 square kilometers (74,000 sq. miles), or almost two thirds of Poland's surface. The Vistula has its source in the south of the country, at Barania Gra (1220m high) in the Beskidy Mountains where it starts with White Little Vistula (Biała Wisełka) and Black Little Vistula (Czarna Wisełka). It then continues to flow over the vast Polish plains, passing several large Polish cities along its way, including Cracow, Sandomierz, Warsaw, Płock, Włocławek, Toruń, Świecie, Tczew and Gdańsk. With a delta and several branches (Leniwka, Przekop, Śmiała Wisła, Martwa Wisła, Nogat and Szkarpawa) it empties into the Vistula Lagoon and Gdansk Bay of the Baltic Sea

History

The name Vistula is probably "Old-European" ("Venedian" ?) and was recorded by Tacitus in AD 98 in his Germania. During that time the Vistula River ran into the Mare Suebicum, which was later called Baltic Sea. According to him, near the delta lived the East Germanic tribes of the Suebi and Burgundians, on both banks the Goths and east of them the Aesti, Galindi, Sudauer, Borusci, Veneti, and more. There he described people on the most eastern part of the Mare Suebicum, the Fenni. However, Tacitus' knowledge of the different peoples was second-hand at best; as such, it should be taken with a grain of salt. He also used the term "Germans" not for describing ethnicity, for example when describing Wenets (Veneds, Venets), Peucyns and Fenns he wrote, that he isn't sure if he should call them Germans, since they have settlements and they fight on foot, or rather Sarmats since they have some similar customs to them. Ptolemy also recorded the Germanic(?) tribes at the Vistula River. The Vistula river is only a short portage from the Dnieper River, and thence to the Black Sea. Boats could be rolled from one river to the next there. What later became the city of Kiev in Ukraine was earlier known by its Gothic name of Danapirstadir "City on the Dnieper". The Baltic Sea-Vistula-Dnieper-Black Sea water route was one of the most ancient trade-routes, the Amber Road, on which amber and other items were traded from Northern Europe to Greece, Asia, Egypt, and elsewhere.

Cities

List of cities with nearby tributaries:
align="center" style="background:#efefef;" colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;" | Wisła
a href="/encyclopedia/Wisla,-Poland" title="Wisla, Poland">Wisła |river source
a href="/encyclopedia/Ustron" title="Ustron">Ustroń |
a href="/encyclopedia/Skoczw" title="Skoczw">Skoczw Brennica
a href="/encyclopedia/Strumien" title="Strumien">Strumień Krajka
a href="/encyclopedia/Goczalkowice-Zdroj" title="Goczalkowice-Zdroj">Goczałkowice-Zdrj |
a href="/encyclopedia/Czechowice-Dziedzice" title="Czechowice-Dziedzice">Czechowice-Dziedzice Biała
a href="/encyclopedia/Brzeszcze" title="Brzeszcze">Brzeszcze |
a href="/encyclopedia/Oswiecim" title="Oswiecim">Oświęcim Soła
a href="/encyclopedia/Zator" title="Zator">Zator Skawa
a href="/encyclopedia/Skawina" title="Skawina">Skawina Skawinka
a href="/encyclopedia/Krakw" title="Krakw">Krakw Sanka, Rudawka, Prądnik, Dłubnia, Wilga most are canalized streams
a href="/encyclopedia/Niepolomice" title="Niepolomice">Niepołomice |
a href="/encyclopedia/Nowe-Brzesko" title="Nowe Brzesko">Nowe Brzesko |
a href="/encyclopedia/Nowy-Korczyn" title="Nowy Korczyn">Nowy Korczyn Nida
a href="/encyclopedia/Szczucin" title="Szczucin">Szczucin |
a href="/encyclopedia/Polaniec" title="Polaniec">Polaniec Czarna
a href="/encyclopedia/Baranw-Sandomierski" title="Baranw Sandomierski">Baranw Sandomierski Babolwka
a href="/encyclopedia/Tarnobrzeg" title="Tarnobrzeg">Tarnobrzeg |
a href="/encyclopedia/Sandomierz" title="Sandomierz">Sandomierz Koprzywianka, Trzesniwka
a href="/encyclopedia/Zawichost" title="Zawichost">Zawichost |
a href="/encyclopedia/Annopol" title="Annopol">Annopol Sanna
a href="/encyclopedia/Jzefw-nad-Wisla" title="Jzefw nad Wisla">Jzefw nad Wisłą |
a href="/encyclopedia/Solec-nad-Wisla" title="Solec nad Wisla">Solec nad Wisłą |
a href="/encyclopedia/Kazimierz-Dolny" title="Kazimierz Dolny">Kazimierz Dolny Bystra
a href="/encyclopedia/Pulawy" title="Pulawy">Puławy Kurwka
a href="/encyclopedia/Deblin" title="Deblin">Dęblin Wieprz
a href="/encyclopedia/Magnuszew" title="Magnuszew">Magnuszew |
a href="/encyclopedia/Wilga" title="Wilga">Wilga Wilga
a href="/encyclopedia/Gra-Kalwaria" title="Gra Kalwaria">Gra Kalwaria Czarna
a href="/encyclopedia/Karczew" title="Karczew">Karczew |
a href="/encyclopedia/Otwock" title="Otwock">Otwock, Jzefw Świder
a href="/encyclopedia/Konstancin-Jeziorna" title="Konstancin-Jeziorna">Konstancin-Jeziorna Jeziorka
a href="/encyclopedia/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw Żerań canal several other minor streams
a href="/encyclopedia/Lomianki" title="Lomianki">Łomianki |
a href="/encyclopedia/Legionowo" title="Legionowo">Legionowo |
a href="/encyclopedia/Modlin" title="Modlin">Modlin Bugonarew Narew and Bug rivers combined
a href="/encyclopedia/Zakroczym" title="Zakroczym">Zakroczym |
a href="/encyclopedia/Czerwinsk-nad-Wisla" title="Czerwinsk nad Wisla">Czerwińsk nad Wisłą |
a href="/encyclopedia/Wyszogrd" title="Wyszogrd">Wyszogrd Bzura
a href="/encyclopedia/Plock" title="Plock">Płock Słupianka, Brzeźnica
a href="/encyclopedia/Dobrzyn-nad-Wisla" title="Dobrzyn nad Wisla">Dobrzyń nad Wisłą |
a href="/encyclopedia/Wloclawek" title="Wloclawek">Włocławek Zgłowiączka
a href="/encyclopedia/Nieszawa" title="Nieszawa">Nieszawa Mień
a href="/encyclopedia/Ciechocinek" title="Ciechocinek">Ciechocinek |
a href="/encyclopedia/Torun" title="Torun">Toruń Drwęca, Bacha
a href="/encyclopedia/Solec-Kujawski" title="Solec Kujawski">Solec Kujawski |
a href="/encyclopedia/Bydgoszcz" title="Bydgoszcz">Bydgoszcz Brda canalized
a href="/encyclopedia/Chelmno" title="Chelmno">Chełmno |
a href="/encyclopedia/Swiecie" title="Swiecie">Świecie Wda
a href="/encyclopedia/Grudziadz" title="Grudziadz">Grudziądz |
a href="/encyclopedia/Nowe" title="Nowe">Nowe |
a href="/encyclopedia/Gniew" title="Gniew">Gniew Wierzyca
Near Kwidzyń Vistula is divided onto two separate branches that constitute the river delta:
align="center" style="background:#efefef;" colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;" | Leniwka
own Tributary Notes
Tczew
Gdańsk Motława, Radunia, Potok Oliwski in the city the river is divided onto several separate branches that reach the Baltic sea at different points, the main branch reaches the sea at Westerplatte

align="center" style="background:#efefef;" colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;" | Nogat
own Tributary Notes
Sztum |
Malbork
Elbląg Elbląg shortly before reaching the Vistula Bay

Right tributaries

List of right tributaries with a nearby city

Left tributaries

List of left tributaries with a nearby city

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