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Pomerania is the area along the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea between the rivers Recknitz, Trebel, Tollense and Augraben in the west and Vistula in the east. [1] [2] It formerly reached perhaps as far south as the Noteć river, but since the 13th century its southern boundary has been placed further north.
The river mouth of Świna at the Baltic Sea in Świnoujście, Poland Rugian coast east of Cape Arkona Wolin National Park, Poland Breakwaters of Sarbinowo at sunset. The Bay of Pomerania (Polish: Zatoka Pomorska [zaˈtɔ.ka pɔˈmɔr.ska]; German: Pommersche Bucht; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô Hôwinga) is a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the Pomeranian shores of Poland and Germany.
It is Poland's second-longest river and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and its largest tributary the Warta. [1] The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows 742 kilometres (461 mi) through western Poland, later forming 187 kilometres (116 mi) of the border between Poland and Germany as part of the Oder–Neisse line. [2]
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania river stubs (70 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total.
The Dziwna (German: Dievenow) is a channel of the Oder River in northwestern Poland, one of three straits connecting the Szczecin Lagoon with the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea. It separates the island of Wolin from the Polish mainland. The other two channels are the Świna and the Peene.
The Wieprza (German: Wipper) is a river in north-western Poland in the region of Pomerania, a tributary of the Baltic Sea, with a length of 112 km (70 mi) and a basin area of 2,170 km 2 (840 sq mi). [1] [2]
The Łeba (German: Leba), a river in Middle Pomerania , originates near the village of Borzestowo west of Kartuzy, passes through Łebsko Lake and empties into the Baltic Sea. It is 117 km long with a basin area of 1,801 km².
The western branch of the Oder River, which separates the island of Usedom from the German mainland, is often also called Peene, but actually is considered a part of the Baltic Sea called the Peenestrom. It is one of three channels connecting the Oder Lagoon with the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea. (The other two are the Świna and the Dziwna.)