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The Narew ([ˈnarɛf]; Belarusian: Нараў, romanized: Naraŭ; Lithuanian: Narevas or Naruva; Sudovian: Naura; Old German: Nare; Ukrainian: Нарва, romanized: Narva) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland, which is also a tributary of the river Vistula. The Narew is one of Europe's few braided rivers, the term relating to the twisted channels resembling braided hair. Around 57 kilometres (35 mi) of the river flows through western Belarus.

Narew Нараў, Narevas
Braided channels of the Narew at Strękowa Góra.
Narew as part of the Vistula watershed.
Location
Country	Poland, Belarus
Voivodeships / Voblasts	Hrodna, Podlaskie, Mazovian
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	north-eastern part of the Białowieża Forest near Dzikie Bagno, Belarus
• coordinates	52°52′24.68″N 24°13′8.87″E
• elevation	159 m (522 ft)
Mouth
• location	Modlin (Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki), Poland
• coordinates	52°26′N 20°41′E
• elevation	70.7 m (232 ft)
Length	499 km (310 mi)
Basin size	74,527 km2 (28,775 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	mouth
• average	313 m3/s (11,100 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	entering Pułtusk
• average	146 m3/s (5,200 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Vistula→ Baltic Sea

Etymology

The name of the river is from a Proto-Indo-European root *nr primarily associated with water (compare Neretva, Neris, Ner and Nur)[1] or from a Lithuanian language verb nerti associated primarily with diving and flood.[2]

Name of the lower portion

The portion of the river between the junctions with the Western Bug and the Vistula is also known as the Bugonarew, Narwio-Bug, Narwo-Bug, Bugo-Narew, Narwiobug or Narwobug. At the confluence near Zegrze the Bug is 1.6x longer, drains a 1.4x larger basin, and has a slightly greater average discharge (158 m³/s at Wyszków vs 146 m³/s at Pułtusk for the Narew, both ~25 km above the junction). Thus the Bugonarew was often considered part of the Bug river and the Narew a right tributary of the Bug.

On December 27, 1962, Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz abolished the name Bugonarew soon after the Zegrze Reservoir had been constructed.[3] Since then the river Bug has been considered officially part of the river Narew's system, with the Bug being a left tributary of the Narew (by this classification, the River Narew is a right tributary of the River Vistula). The name Bugonarew however is still used, especially by the inhabitants of local towns, such as Pułtusk.

Geography

The Narew flows through the geographical region of Europe known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Bialoruskie (English: Plateau of Podlasie and Belarus) located within the Podlaskie Voivodeship and Masovian Voivodeship of Poland and the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus.

Country	Length[4]	Basin Area[4]
Belarus	57 kilometres (35 mi)
Poland	443 kilometres (275 mi)	53,846 square kilometres (20,790 sq mi)
Total	499 kilometres (310 mi)	74,527 square kilometres (28,775 sq mi)

The Narew is the fifth longest Polish river.

Cities and towns

Country Voivodeship	County	Gmina	Village	Comments
Belarus			Czoło - osada
Podlaskie Voivodeship	Hajnowski	Narewka	Siemianówka
	Białystok	Michałowo	Bondary
	Hajnowski	Narew	Narew
	Białystok	Zabłudów	Kaniuki
		Juchnowiec Kościelny	Czerewki
	Bielsk	Wyszki	Strabla
	białostocki	Suraż	Suraż
		Łapy	Uhowo
		Turośń Kościelna	Topilec
	wysokomazowiecki	Kobylin-Borzymy	Kurowo	The seat of Narwiański Park Narodowy
		Sokoły	Waniewo
	Białystok	Choroszcz	Choroszcz
	moniecki	Krypno	Góra
	Białystok	Tykocin	Tykocin
	moniecki	Trzcianne	Zajki
	Białystok	Zawady	Góra Strękowa	The fortifications defended by Captain Władysław Raginis during German Invasion of Poland
			Łaś-Toczyłowo
	Łomża	Wizna	Wizna
		Piątnica	Drozdowo	The seat of Łomżyński Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Narwi and Museum of Nature
		Łomża	Siemień Nadrzeczny
		Piątnica	Piątnica
	Łomża		Łomża
	kolneński	Mały Płock	Chludnie
	Łomża	Nowogród	Nowogród
		Zbójna	Gontarze
		Miastkowo	Nowosiedliny	The last village in Podlaskie Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship	ostrołęcki	Lelis	Łęg Starościński
		Rzekuń	Laskowiec
	Ostrołęka		Ostrołęka
	ostrołęcki	Olszewo-Borki	Ostrołęka
		Rzekuń	Dzbenin
	makowski	Różan	Różan
	wyszkowski	Długosiodło	Ostrykół Dworski
	makowski	Rzewnie	Nowe Łachy
	wyszkowski	Rząśnik	Nowy Lubiel
	pułtuski	Obryte	Zambski Kościelne
		Pułtusk	Pułtusk
		Pokrzywnica	Łubienica
		Zatory	Stawinoga
	legionowski	Serock	Serock
			Jadwisin
		Nieporęt	Nieporęt
		Serock	Dębe
		Wieliszew	Topolina
	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	Pomiechówek	Stare Orzechowo
			Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	Narew flows into Vistula

Tributaries

Left Bank	Right Bank	Municipality	Characteristics	Country
		Czoło	Bialowieza Forest	Belarus
	Bierieżanka		Bialowieza Forest Siemianówka Marshland	Poland
		Siemianówka	Siemianówka Marshland
		Bondary
Narewka
	Olszanka
	Ruda	Narew
	Małynka
	Rudnia
	Czarna	Kaniuki
Łoknica
Orlanka		Czerewki
Strabelka		Strabla
Liza		Suraż	Narew National Park
Awissa		Łapy
	Turośnianka
	Niewodnica	Topilec
		Waniewo
		Kurowo
	Horodnianka	Choroszcz
	Supraśl	Złotoria
	Jaskranka	Góra
	Nareśl	Tykocin
Ślina		Targonie Wielkie
		Zajki
		Góra Strękowa
	Biebrza		Biebrza National Park
		Wizna
	Łojewek	Bronowo	Łomżyński Valley national Park
Gać
	Narwica	Łomża Piątnica
Łomżyczka
Lepacka Struga
	Pisa	Nowogród
Ruż		Gontarze
	Szkwa	Nowosiedliny
	Rozoga
Czeczotka		Ostrołęka
	Omulew	Olszewo-Borki
	Róż	Chełsty
		Różan
Orz		Brzóze Duże
Wymakracz		Ostrykół Dworski
	Orzyc	Zambski Kościelne
	Pełta	Pułtusk
Bug		Serock	Zegrze Reservoir
Rządza
		Nieporęt
		Topolina
	Wkra	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	mouth of the river at the Vistula

History

On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, agreeing to divide Poland along the Narew, Vistula (Wisła), and San rivers.

On September 6, 1939, Polish military forces attempted to use the Narew as a defense line against German attack during the German invasion of Poland. This was abandoned the next day in favor of the Bug as German forces had already penetrated the defenses.

The Battle of Wizna was fought along the banks of the river between September 7 and September 10, 1939, between the forces of Poland and Germany during the initial stages of Invasion of Poland. Because it consisted of a small force holding a piece of fortified territory against a vastly larger invasion for three days at great cost before being annihilated with no known survivors, Wizna is sometimes referred to as a Polish Thermopylae in Polish culture.

On September 17, 1939, the USSR invaded Poland. By 28 September, the Soviet Army had reached the line of the rivers Narew, Bug River, Vistula and San – completing the division of Poland as negotiated in advance.

See also

• Narew National Park
• Narew Landscape Park
• Rivers of Poland
• Geography of Poland

References

External links

• Natural tourism (birdwatching) in Narew National Park

На других языках

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[de] Narew

Der Narew (belarussisch Нараў .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Narau, ukrainisch Нарва Narwa, deutsch historisch: Nare) ist ein Nebenfluss der Weichsel in Belarus und Polen von 484 km Länge, davon 448 km in Polen. 312 km des Narew sind schiffbar. Naturräumlich liegt sein Einzugsgebiet im Übergangssaum zwischen dem Osteuropäischen Tiefland und dem Mitteleuropäischen Tiefland.

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- [en] Narew

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[es] Narew

El Narew (hidrónimo polaco, pronunciado /ˈnarɛf/; en lituano, Naura; en bielorruso, Нараў, Náraŭ) es un río del noreste de Polonia y oeste de Bielorrusia, afluente del Vístula; con una longitud de 484 kilómetros, de los cuales 448 km en Polonia y 36 km en Bielorrusia, es el quinto río más largo de Polonia. La cuenca del Narew comprende unos 75 175 km² de los que 53 873 se encuentran en Polonia.

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[it] Narew (fiume)

Il Narew (in antico prussiano e in lituano: Naura, in bielorusso: Нараў) è un fiume della Bielorussia occidentale e della Polonia nord-orientale, affluente del fiume Vistola. Con una lunghezza di 484 km (36 in Bielorussia e 448 in Polonia) è il quinto fiume più lungo della Polonia. L'area del bacino è di 75.175 km² (dei quali 53.873 in Polonia).

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[ru] Нарев

На́рев (белор. Нараў, польск. Narew) — река в западной Белоруссии и северо-восточной Польше, правый приток Вислы.

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