Warta

For other uses, see Warta (disambiguation).

Warta River
Warta River near Wronki
Origin	Kromołów, part of Zawiercie, Kraków-Częstochowa Upland
Mouth	Oder River at Kostrzyn
Basin countries	Poland
Length	808 km (502 mi)
Source elevation	379 m (1,243 ft)
Avg. discharge	195 m³/s
Basin area	54,529 km2 (21,054 sq mi)

The Warta (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvaɾta] German: Warthe; Latin: Varta) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately 808 kilometres (502 mi) it is the country's third longest river. The Warta has a basin area of 54,529 square kilometers, and it is navigable from Kostrzyn nad Odrą to Konin, approximately half of its length. It is connected to the Vistula by the river Noteć and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Kanał Bydgoski) near Bydgoszcz.

Course

It rises in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland at Kromołów in Zawiercie, Silesian Voivodeship, flows through Łódź Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land, where it empties into the Oder near Kostrzyn at the border with Germany.

The Greater Polish Warta river basin was the original Poland —it is said that the Polans (Polish: Polanie), a West Slavic tribe, inhabited the Warta river basin from the 8th century. The river is also mentioned in the second stanza of the Mazurek Dąbrowskiego Polish national anthem.

Chapel at the Warta source in Kromołów, Zawiercie

Warta River in Poznań

Warta River near Kostrzyn

Cities

• Zawiercie
• Myszków
• Częstochowa
• Działoszyn
• Sieradz
• Warta
• Uniejów
• Koło
• Konin
• Pyzdry
• Śrem
• Mosina
• Puszczykowo
• Luboń
• Poznań
• Oborniki
• Obrzycko
• Wronki
• Sieraków
• Międzychód
• Skwierzyna
• Gorzów Wielkopolski
• Kostrzyn nad Odrą

Right tributaries

• Widawka
• Ner
• Wełna
• Noteć

Left tributaries

• Liswarta
• Prosna
• Obra
• Postomia

See also

• Rivers of Poland
• Geography of Poland
• Warta Landscape Park
• Ujście Warty National Park