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The Oder (/ ˈ oʊ d ər / OH-dər, German: ⓘ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and Polish: Odra; [a] Upper Sorbian: Wódra) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and its largest tributary the Warta . [ 1 ]
The lower River Oder in Silesia was Piast Poland's western border from the 10th until the 13th century. [10] From around the time of World War I, some proposed restoring this line, in the belief that it would provide protection against Germany. One of the first proposals was made in the Russian Empire.
The Lower Oder Valley International Park is a shared German-Polish nature reserve. It comprises the western banks of the Oder (Polish: Odra) river within the Uckermark district in the German state of Brandenburg as well as the steep eastern banks in the Gryfino and Police counties of the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship further north.
Laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning its waters, Poland’s environment minister said Saturday as the ...
Gliwice (Polish: [ɡliˈvit͡sɛ] ⓘ; Silesian: Gliwicy) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland.The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder).
Poland has deployed soldiers to help clean up the Oder and an association of fishermen in Zielona Gora, a city in western Poland, said Friday it was suspending fishing in the river due to the ...
The River Oder, at low water levels (predominantly between June and early September) [30] [31] forms eyots north of Jerzynowa, Kępa and Srebrna Islands. [32] The locality is located in the Brzeg Plain ( Rownina Brzeska ), part of the Silesian Lowlands . [ 33 ]
The river Warta (/ ˈ v ɑːr t ə / VAR-tə, Polish: ⓘ; German: Warthe ⓘ; Latin: Varta) rises in central Poland and meanders greatly through the Polish Plain in a north-westerly direction to flow into the Oder at Kostrzyn nad Odrą on Poland's border with Germany.