River
Narew
484 km from source to mouth · Poland and Belarus.
Poland and BelarusFlows into Vistula5th longest in Poland
In numbers
Length
484km
Average flow
320m³/s
Basin
75,200km²
Drop
90m
from 157 m to 67 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
484 km of river and 31 stops on the way: 9 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 157 m
- 51 kmSiemianówka Reservoir24 km²
- 93 kmŁoknicatributary
- 107 kmOrlankatributary
- 128 kmŁapy16,434 people
- 148 kmŚliwno-Waniewo footbridge
- 167 kmChoroszcz5,449 people
- 174 kmSupraśltributary
- 188 kmNereśltributary
- 198 kmŚlinatributary
- 221 kmBiebrzatributary
- 233 kmGaćtributary
- 259 kmŁomża62,019 people
- 265 kmŁomżyczkatributary
- 287 kmPisatributary
- 293 kmRużtributary
- 298 kmSzkwatributary
- 306 kmRozogatributary
- 313 kmOstrołęka53,740 people
- 314 kmMadaliński Bridge in Ostrołęka
- 316 kmOmulewtributary
- 353 kmOrztributary
- 380 kmOrzyctributary
- 400 kmPułtusk19,039 people
- 425 kmSerock4,023 people
- 426 kmWestern Bugtributary
- 429 kmRządzatributary
- 433 kmNieporęt3,239 people
- 438 kmWieliszew3,373 people
- 443 kmZegrze Reservoir16 km²
- 461 kmWkratributary
- 463 kmNowy Dwór Mazowiecki27,633 people
- 484 kmVistulaat 67 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Poland and Belarus, tributary of the Vistula river
At the mouth it carries 320 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 7.8 seconds. It drops from 157 m to 67 m, 0.2 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 75,200 km², about the size of PA. 5.5 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to May; lowest: from January to February. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- ŁomżaLargest city on its banks · 62,019 people
- Olsztyn-Mazury Airport (SZY)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 82 km from the cityCar hire at SZY airport (Szymany)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water93 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe1 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Narew, month by month
Highest water: from April to May
Lowest water: from January to February. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 210 m³/s in the lowest month to 670 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
Narew: the basin in numbers
74,714 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 5.5millionpeople live in the basin
- 74/km²people per km²
- 155maverage altitude of the basin
- 574mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 7.1°Caverage air temperature
- 14%protected areas
- 1.0%covered by lakes
- 0.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 22% Forest
- 42% Cropland
- 18% Pasture
- 2% 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
Narew: what you find on the way
- 18WeirsJaz Grynasz, Jaz Strękowa Góra, Jaz ruchomy and 15 more
- 1Locks
- 1Canoe put-ins
- 22Boat ramps
- 16Ferry piersKania Nowa, Serock, Cupel and 13 more
- 39MarinasPort Rybaki, Port Łomża, Dom Polonii - port and 36 more
- 11River beachesPlaża Miejska, Plaża w Pułtusku, Plaża "Harcerska" and 8 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
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Narew 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.
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Siemianówka Reservoirkm 4624km²
- Zegrze Reservoirkm 40116km²
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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
Narew in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
VistulaPoland1,047 km1,100 m³/sTributaries (30)
Poland772 km110 m³/sjoins at km 385WkraPoland249 km350 m³/sjoins at km 417BiebrzaPoland155 km76 m³/sjoins at km 200Also: Narewka, Pisa, Supraśl, Orlanka, Orzyc, Orz, Rządza, Ślina, Omulew, Rozoga, Szkwa, Gać, Ruż, Łoknica, Nereśl, Róż, Łojewek, Kolonna, Ruda, Łomżyczka, Pełta, Prut, Miadzianka, Turośnianka
Nearby
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q60055) · 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 — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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