Rivers

The longest rivers are the Vistula, 1,047 km (678 miles) long; the Oder—which forms part of Poland’s western border—854 km (531 miles) long; its tributary, the Warta, 808 km (502 miles) long; and the Bug —a tributary of the Vistula—772 km (480 miles) long. The Vistula and the Oder flow into the Baltic Sea, as do numerous smaller rivers in Pomerania. The Łyna and the Angrapa flow by way of the Pregolya to the Baltic, and the Czarna Hańcza flows into the Baltic through the Neman. While the great majority of Poland’s rivers drain into the Baltic Sea, Poland’s Beskids are the source of some of the upper tributaries of the Orava, which flows via the Váh and the Danube to the Black Sea. The eastern Beskids are also the source of some streams that drain through the Dniester to the Black Sea.

Poland’s rivers have been used since early times for navigation. The Vikings, for example, traveled up the Vistula and the Oder in their longships. In the Middle Ages and in early modern times, when Poland-Lithuania was the breadbasket of Europe, the shipment of grain and other agricultural products down the Vistula toward Gdańsk and onward to western Europe took on great importance. For an overview of the most important rivers in Poland, see the Category:Rivers of Poland.

Uhm, thanks for sharing

This should be moved to the OT. It's Off-any topic you could care to mention.

Maybe we should start a Geography thread. Jan, what does this have to do with anything...? Is this just *another* Polish thread, I feel like I'm getting spammed with Polish threads these days. (*me thinks if jan doesn't lighten up then... Doesn't JAN rhyme with BAN?)

BTW: What is this? If you want share with peoples knowledge about Poland there is already topic about this country

Based on the fact that 12 out of 13 of Jan's posts having something to do with Poland, generally along the lines of "they should be in the game because I think they're cool", plus that randomly spamming about rivers is clearly the work of a deranged loon, I find it hard to take anything this guy says seriously.

Figaro said:

Based on the fact that 12 out of 13 of Jan's posts having something to do with Poland, generally along the lines of "they should be in the game because I think they're cool", plus that randomly spamming about rivers is clearly the work of a deranged loon, I find it hard to take anything this guy says seriously.

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Yeah, he'll be banned b4 too much longer

sabo said:

Yeah, he'll be banned b4 too much longer

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At this point, I'm hoping for it.

BYC said:

At this point, I'm hoping for it.

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Me too. You know the irony? I actually *would* have preffered Poland to HRE. Now, every time I hear of the place in a Civ-context I want to scoop out my head with a spoon.

Figaro said:

This should be moved to the OT. It's Off-any topic you could care to mention.

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That's not true Figaro!!!


It's clearly on the topic of rivers of Poland!!


This whole Poland thing is becoming like Borat.....

Geographical Learnings For Make Benefit Glory Of Poland Lakes and Waterways!

Well it's got pretty much zero relevance to Civ.