Prosna
Encyclopedia
The Prosna is a river
in central Poland
, a tributary of the Warta river (near Pyzdry
), with a length of 217 kilometres (28th longest) and the basin area of 4,925 km2 (all in Poland).
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
in central Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, a tributary of the Warta river (near Pyzdry
Pyzdry
Pyzdry is a town in Września County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,163 inhabitants .- History :In 1390 the treaty of Pyzdry was signed there. In 1815 the town was the western most point of the Russian Empire. There was a narrow-gauge railway in Pyzdry....
), with a length of 217 kilometres (28th longest) and the basin area of 4,925 km2 (all in Poland).
Towns
- Gorzów ŚląskiGorzów SlaskiGorzów Śląski is a town in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,606 inhabitants .- Famous people :* Nathanael Pringsheim , Jewish German botanist...
- PraszkaPraszkaPraszka is a town in Olesno County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,230 inhabitants .-References:...
- WieruszówWieruszówWieruszów is a town with 8,849 inhabitants .Situated in the southwestern part of Łódź Voivodeship, From 1975-1998, it was part of Kalisz Voivodeship. The town is situated along the Prosna river. The biggest attraction is the Church and Monastery popauliński of 1676 in its limits, located on the...
- Grabów nad ProsnąGrabów nad ProsnaGrabów nad Prosną is a town in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,965 inhabitants ....
- KaliszKaliszKalisz is a city in central Poland with 106,857 inhabitants , the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Nowe Skalmierzyce...
- Chocz
See also
- Rivers of Poland