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Vistula

The Vistula (; Polish: Wis??a [??viswa] ; German: Weichsel [??va??ksl] ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at 1,047 kilometres (651 miles) in length. Its drainage basin, extending into three other countries apart from Poland, covers 193,960 km2 (74,890 sq mi), of which 168,868 km2 (65,200 sq mi) is in Poland. The Vistula rises at Barania G??ra in the south of Poland, 1,220 meters (4,000 ft) above sea level in the Silesian Beskids (western part of Carpathian Mountains), where it begins with the White Little Vistula (Bia??a Wise??ka) and the Black Little Vistula (Czarna Wise??ka). It flows through Poland's largest cities, including Krak??w, Sandomierz, Warsaw, P??ock, W??oc??awek, Toru??, Bydgoszcz, ??wiecie, Grudzi??dz, Tczew and Gda??sk. It empties into...

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