River
Pasłęka
210 km from source to mouth · Poland.
PolandFlows into Baltic Sea
In numbers
Length
210km
Average flow
16m³/s
Basin
2,295km²
Drop
115m
from 111 m to -4 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
210 km of river and 10 stops on the way: 2 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 111 m
- 0 kmJezioro Sarąg1.5 km²
- 10 kmGietrzwałd1,070 people
- 13 kmGiłwa0.7 km²
- 18 kmJezioro Łęguty0.6 km²
- 19 kmIsąg3.1 km²
- 26 kmMarąg3.4 km²
- 28 kmLake Gamerskie0.4 km²
- 79 kmWałszatributary
- 99 kmPierzchalskie Jezioro1.6 km²
- 111 kmBraniewo18,356 people
- 120 kmBaltic Seaat -4 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Poland
At the mouth it carries 16 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 159 seconds. It drops from 111 m to -4 m, 0.5 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,295 km², about the size of KM. 90,000 people live in it. Highest water: March; lowest: from December to February. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- BraniewoLargest city on its banks · 18,356 people
- Khrabrovo Airport (KGD)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 76 km from the cityCar hire at GDN airport (Gdańsk)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water3 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Pasłęka, month by month
Highest water: March
Lowest water: from December to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 15 m³/s in the lowest month to 54 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
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Pasłęka: the basin in numbers
2,423 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 90,000people live in the basin
- 38/km²people per km²
- 100maverage altitude of the basin
- 681mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 7.4°Caverage air temperature
- 14%protected areas
- 1.8%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 23% Forest
- 47% Cropland
- 16% Pasture
- 1% 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
Pasłęka: what you find on the way
- 3Weirs
- 1Boat ramps
- 2Marinas
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Pasłęka 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.
7lakes on its wayLakeyas
2islands off the mouthIslandyas
Lakes and reservoirs (7)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Jezioro Sarągkm 01.5km²
- Giłwakm 130.7km²
- Jezioro Łęgutykm 180.6km²
- Isągkm 193.1km²
- Marągkm 263.4km²
- Lake Gamerskiekm 280.4km²
- Pierzchalskie Jeziorokm 991.6km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (2)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Aestian Island26 km away
- Nasypnoy23 km away0.0km²
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
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
Pasłęka in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (2)
Also: Wałsza, Drwęca Warmińska
Nearby
Rivers nearby
LithuaniaWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2055907) · 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, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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