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The Oder (/ ˈ oʊ d ər / OH-dər [a]; Czech and Polish: Odra [b]) 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 border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
River name Emptying into Total length Length in Poland Total basin area Basin area in Poland km mi km mi km 2 sq mi km 2 sq mi; Vistula: Baltic Sea: 1,022 635 1,022 635 193,690 74,780 168,868 65,200 Oder: Baltic Sea: 840 520 726 451 119,074 45,975 106,043 40,943 Warta: Oder: 795 494 795 494 54,520 21,050 54,520 21,050 Bug: Narew: 774 481 590 ...
It flows through Skośnica canal into West Oder and through Regalica into Dąbie Lake in the delta of the Oder river. The river flows through the Lower Oder Valley forming, along with the Western Oder (Polish: Odra Zachodnia), an area called Międzyodrze, part of the Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park. Międzyodrze area is traversed by a network ...
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.
Poland's prime minister said Friday that “huge amounts of chemical waste” were probably dumped intentionally into the Oder River, which runs along the border with Germany, causing ...
Dead fish as a result of the 2022 environmental disaster at the Oder river (13 August 2022) The ecosystem of the river was severely damaged. Scientists are concerned that if the damage was caused by mercury poisoning, detrimental effects could be long term as mercury is a persistent heavy metal. [ 23 ]
Klepáč – one of six places in Europe where three watersheds meet Rhine–Danube watershed marker near Weitnau, Germany European watershed marker (Lviv Oblast, 2009). The divide continues northwards along the Albula Alps to Julier Pass, Albula Pass and Flüela Pass south of Davos, between the catchment area of the Rhine, which empties into the North Sea via the Netherlands, and the Danube ...