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The Oder is 840 kilometres (522 miles) long: 112 km (70 miles) in the Czech Republic, 726 km (451 miles) in Poland (including 187 km (116 miles) on the border between Germany and Poland). It is the third longest river located within Poland (after the Vistula and Warta); however, it is the second longest river overall taking into account its ...
The Oder–Neisse line (German: Oder-Neiße-Grenze, Polish: granica na Odrze i Nysie Łużyckiej) is an unofficial term for the modern border between Germany and Poland. The line generally follows the Oder and Lusatian Neisse rivers, meeting the Baltic Sea in the north.
East Oder (Polish: Odra Wschodnia) is the eastern arm of the lower Oder near Szczecin, Poland.It flows through Skośnica canal into West Oder and through Regalica into Dąbie Lake in the delta of the Oder river.
West Oder (Polish: Odra Zachodnia) is the western arm of the lower Oder near Szczecin, Poland along the border with Germany.It flows into the Oder Lagoon.. The river flows through the Lower Oder Valley forming, along with the Eastern Oder (Polish: Odra Wschodnia), an area called Międzyodrze, part of the Lower Odra Valley Landscape Park.
Frankfurt (Oder), also known as Frankfurt an der Oder (German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈʔoːdɐ], lit. ' Frankfurt on the Oder ' ; Central Marchian : Frankfort an de Oder, Polish : Frankfurt nad Odrą ) is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after Potsdam , Cottbus and Brandenburg an der Havel .
The Vistula–Oder offensive was a major success for the Soviet military. Within a matter of days, the forces involved had advanced hundreds of kilometers, taking much of Poland and striking deep within the pre-war borders of the Reich. The offensive broke the back of Army Group A and much of Germany's remaining capacity for military resistance.
The Bystrzyca is a river of Poland, a left tributary of the Oder, [2] which it meets a few kilometers north (downstream) from Wrocław.. The Bystrzyca was dammed in 1917 near the village of Lubachów to create Lake Lubachowskie, and dammed at Mietków in 1974 to create the large reservoir Zalew Mietkowski.
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