Rivers of Poland

The rivers of Poland have a total length of about 19,000 km of which 4,800 km are open to navigation.

The largest and properly best known river of Poland is the Vistula (Wisla) which has it's origin at Barania Góra in the Beskidy Mountains and runs the full length of Polska out into the Baltic at Gdańsk Bay.

Rivers of Poland have been used by previous generations for navigation especially in the period of the Vikings and for shipment of agricultural products during the times of the Polish, Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Poland has one of the highest amounts of lakes in the world, with only Finland having a greater density of lakes. The largest lakes cover more than 100 square kilometres and include: Lake Sniardwy, Lake Mamry in Masuria, Lake Lebsko and Lake Drawsko in Pomerania.

Below is a list of the 29 longest rivers in the country (provided by Wikipedia).

Rivers of Poland	Emptying into	Total length km	Length in Poland km	Total Basin Area km²	Basin Area in Poland km²
Vistula	Baltic Sea	1047	1047	194,424	168,699
Oder	Baltic Sea	854	742	118,861	106,056
Warta	Oder	808	808	54,529	54,529
Western Bug	Narew	772	587	39,420	19,284
Narew	Vistula	484	448	75,175	53,873
San	Vistula	443	443	16,861	14,390
Noteć	Warta	388	388	17,330	17,330
Pilica	Vistula	319	319	9,273	9,273
Wieprz	Vistula	303	303	10,415	10,415
Bóbr	Oder	272	270	5,876	5,830
Łyna	Pregolya	264	190	7,126	5,719
Nysa Łużycka	Oder	252	198	4,297	2,197
Wkra	Narew	249	249	5,322	5,322
Dunajec	Vistula	274	247	6,804	4,852
Brda	Vistula	238	238	4,627	4,627
Prosna	Warta	217	217	4,925	4,925
Drwęca	Vistula	207	207	5,344	5,344
Wisłok	San	205	205	3,528	3,528
Wda (Czarna Woda)	Vistula	198	198	2,325	2,325
Drawa	Notec	186	186	3,296	3,296
Nysa Kłodzka	Oder	182	182	4,566	3,744
Poprad	Dunajec	170	63	2,077	483
Pasłęka	Vistula Bay, Baltic Sea	169	169	2,294	2,294
Rega	Baltic Sea	168	168	2,725	2,725
Bzura	Vistula	166	166	7,788	7,788
Wisłoka	Vistula	164	164	4,110	4,110
Obra	Warta	164	164	2,758	2,758
Biebrza	Narew	155	155	7,057	7,051
Nida	Vistula	151	151	3,865	3,865

 

Other Rivers in Poland

Krutynia River

Rivers of Poland - David's Travel Guides