Skawinka
Skawinka | |
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Location | |
Country | Poland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | near Harbutowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship |
• coordinates | 49°47′36″N 19°47′27″E / 49.79333°N 19.79083°E |
• elevation | 560 m (1 837 ft (255 m)) AMSL[1] |
Mouth | |
• location | north of Kopanka, Lesser Poland Voivodeship |
• coordinates | 49°59′40″N 19°47′43″E / 49.99444°N 19.79528°ECoordinates: 49°59′40″N 19°47′43″E / 49.99444°N 19.79528°E |
• elevation | 209 m (686 ft) AMSL[1] |
Length | 34 km (21 mi) |
Basin size | 365 km2 (141 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 2.90 m3/s (102 cu ft/s) 9,6 km (5,97 mi) from mouth[1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Vistula→ Baltic Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Mogiłka |
• right | Rzepnik, Włosianka, Lutówka, Głogoczówka, Harbutówka |
Skawinka is a river in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland, right tributary of the Vistula River with a length of 34 km[1] and a drainage basin of 365 km².[1] The average discharge is 2.90 m³ / s (9.6 km from the mouth).[1]
Its sources are located on the slopes of Maków Beskids. The river flows through the and the valley of the Vistula.[1]
in theThe main tributaries counting from the mouth:
(right); (left); , , , (right).The most important places along Skawinka: Skawinki, Lanckorona, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Leńcze, Wola Radziszowska, Radziszów, Rzozów, Skawina.
The river lends its name to the village Skawinki located at its source and to the town of Skawina, which is the last town before its mouth. Sometimes it is called "Cedron" by the residents of the neighbouring villages, especially around Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. In the late middle ages it used to be a political border between Silesia and Lesser Poland, and also between the Bohemian Crown and the Crown of Poland.
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- ^ a b c d e f g "Karpackie dopływy Wisły" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- Tributaries of the Vistula
- Rivers of Poland
- Rivers of Lesser Poland Voivodeship
- Poland river stubs