River
Bóbr
272 km from source to mouth · Poland and Czechia.
Poland and CzechiaFlows into Oder
In numbers
Length
272km
Average flow
44m³/s
Basin
5,876km²
Drop
438m
from 473 m to 35 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
272 km of river and 18 stops on the way: 10 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmGiant Mountainsat 473 m
- 0 kmLubawka6,404 people
- 0 kmBukówka Lake1.3 km²
- 11 kmKamienna Góra21,743 people
- 54 kmJelenia Góra77,305 people
- 65 kmKamiennatributary
- 68 kmPilchowice Dam1.1 km²
- 97 kmLwówek Śląski9,657 people
- 122 kmBolesławiec rail viaduct
- 122 kmBolesławiec40,682 people
- 165 kmSzprotawa Rivertributary
- 165 kmSzprotawa12,786 people
- 173 kmMałomice3,617 people
- 185 kmKwisatributary
- 190 kmŻagań25,731 people
- 193 kmCzerna Wielkatributary
- 217 kmNowogród Bobrzański5,114 people
- 258 kmDychowski Reservoir0.9 km²
- 266 kmKrosno Odrzańskie12,178 people
- 272 kmOderat 35 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Poland and the Czech Republic
At the mouth it carries 44 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 56 seconds. It drops from 473 m to 35 m, 1.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 5,876 km², about the size of PS. 7.6 million people live in it. Highest water: from March to May; lowest: from December to February. Its dams hold back little of its water (9.2% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- Jelenia GóraLargest city on its banks · 77,305 people
- Copernicus Wrocław Airport (WRO)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 84 km from the cityCar hire at WRO airport (Wrocław)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water17 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Bóbr, month by month
Highest water: from March to May
Lowest water: from December to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 170 m³/s in the lowest month to 490 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Bóbr: the basin in numbers
45,987 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 7.6millionpeople live in the basin
- 166/km²people per km²
- 245maverage altitude of the basin
- 617mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 8.0°Caverage air temperature
- 15%protected areas
- 0.6%covered by lakes
- 0.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 30% Forest
- 45% Cropland
- 11% Pasture
- 8% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Bóbr: what you find on the way
- 167WeirsJaz Krzywaniec and 166 more
- 1Locks
- 2WaterfallsOkresowy Wodospad Pilchowickiej strugi, Dziki Wodospad
- 10Boat rampsPrzystań kajakowa Szprotawa - Ceglana, Przystań kajakowa Szprotawa - Ogrodowa and 8 more
- 4MarinasCzerwony Rak, Sailing Team, Przestań rzeczna Krosno Odrzańskie and 1 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.2 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Bóbr in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
84mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Bukówka Lakekm 01.3km²
- Pilchowice Damkm 581.1km²
- Dychowski Reservoirkm 2200.9km²
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Mountains at the source (84)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Sněžka13 km away · prominence 1,197 m1,603m
- Czarna Kopa12 km away · prominence 60 m1,407m
- Růžová hora12 km away1,393m
- Kopa14 km away1,377m
- Liščí hora14 km away1,363m
- Černá hora10 km away · prominence 214 m1,300m
- Skalny Stół12 km away · prominence 119 m1,284m
- Czoło11 km away1,270m
76 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Bóbr in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
OderPoland854 km480 m³/sTributaries (13)
Also: Kwisa, Zadrna, Kamienna, Czerna Wielka, Łomnica, Szprotawa River, Bobrzyca, Brzezniczanka, Złotna, Świdnik, Kamienica, Lesk, Ostrężnik
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q148307) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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