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Warta

808 km from source to mouth · Poland.

PolandPolandFlows into Oder3rd longest in Poland

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The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

808km

Average flow

200m³/s

Basin

53,700km²

Drop

281m

from 287 m to 6 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

808 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 19 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

287 m6 m
Sourceat 287 m0 km
Liswartatributary118 km
Żeglinatributary237 km
Jeziorsko36 km²266 km
Mesznatributary379 km
Wrześnica Rivertributary386 km
Poznań546,859 people500 km
Lake Malta0.6 km²500 km
Lichwińskie Lake0.4 km²602 km
Gorzów Wielkopolski114,567 people691 km
Oderat 6 m808 km
0200400600808 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 287 m
  2. 2 kmMyszków33,273 people
  3. 17 kmPorajskie Lake3.9 km²
  4. 38 kmCzęstochowa248,125 people
  5. 118 kmLiswartatributary
  6. 199 kmOleśnicatributary
  7. 213 kmWidawkatributary
  8. 232 kmBridges over the Warta in Sieradz
  9. 232 kmSieradz44,436 people
  10. 237 kmŻeglinatributary
  11. 266 kmJeziorsko36 km²
  12. 307 kmNertributary
  13. 313 kmWarta bridge near Koło
  14. 315 kmKoło23,493 people
  15. 319 kmRgilewkatributary
  16. 333 kmKiełbaskatributary
  17. 346 kmKonin81,258 people
  18. 379 kmMesznatributary
  19. 386 kmWrześnica Rivertributary
  20. 395 kmProsnatributary
  21. 437 kmMoskawatributary
  22. 451 kmŚrem30,404 people
  23. 479 kmMosina12,318 people
  24. 482 kmPuszczykowo9,143 people
  25. 487 kmWiórek876 people
  26. 489 kmCzapury3,707 people
  27. 492 kmLuboń26,431 people
  28. 493 kmLucjan Ballenstedt Bridge
  29. 495 kmDębiński Bridge in Poznań
  30. 497 kmPrzemysł I bridge
  31. 499 kmKrólowej Jadwigi bridge
  32. 500 kmBerdychowo Footbridges
  33. 500 kmPoznań546,859 people
  34. 500 kmLake Malta0.6 km²
  35. 501 kmBolesław Chrobry bridge
  36. 502 kmCybinatributary
  37. 504 kmLecha Bridge
  38. 504 kmGłównatributary
  39. 521 kmMurowana Goślina9,989 people
  40. 535 kmWełnatributary
  41. 537 kmOborniki17,915 people
  42. 550 kmSamica Kierskatributary
  43. 556 kmRailway bridge over Warta in Stobnica
  44. 564 kmSamatributary
  45. 574 kmWronki11,462 people
  46. 591 kmKrzymień0.6 km²
  47. 591 kmRadziszewo0.3 km²
  48. 593 kmChojno0.3 km²
  49. 600 kmJezioro Lutomskie1.3 km²
  50. 601 kmJezioro Jaroszewskie0.7 km²
  51. 602 kmLichwińskie Lake0.4 km²
  52. 605 kmJezioro Śremskie1.0 km²
  53. 606 kmKłosowskie Lake0.8 km²
  54. 609 kmBarlin0.8 km²
  55. 616 kmRadgoszcz0.4 km²
  56. 617 kmJezioro Bielskie0.6 km²
  57. 618 kmJezioro Miejskie0.3 km²
  58. 619 kmMiędzychód10,994 people
  59. 621 kmTuczno0.5 km²
  60. 622 kmJezioro Winnogórskie0.5 km²
  61. 624 kmJezioro Mierzyńskie0.4 km²
  62. 655 kmSkwierzyna10,051 people
  63. 657 kmObratributary
  64. 690 kmPaucksch Palace Park
  65. 691 kmStaromiejski bridge in Gorzów Wielkopolski
  66. 691 kmNotećtributary
  67. 691 kmGorzów Wielkopolski114,567 people
  68. 735 kmPostomiatributary
  69. 745 kmKostrzyn nad Odrą17,899 people
  70. 808 kmOderat 6 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 195 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 13 seconds. It drops from 287 m to 6 m, 0.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 53,700 km², about the size of BA. 14.7 million people live in it. Highest water: from May to June; lowest: from January to February. Its dams hold back little of its water (6.0% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • PoznańLargest city on its banks · 546,859 people
  • Poznań-Ławica Airport (POZ)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 8 km from the cityCar hire at POZ airport (Poznań)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water133 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Warta, month by month

Highest water: from May to June

Lowest water: from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.

420
-3°31 mmJan
340
-2°26 mmFeb
730
3°28 mmMar
810
9°35 mmApr
850
14°55 mmMay
890
17°64 mmJun
670
19°75 mmJul
710
18°64 mmAug
690
14°46 mmSep
650
10°38 mmOct
640
4°40 mmNov
520
-1°38 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 340 m³/s in the lowest month to 890 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

Warta: the basin in numbers

108,222 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Lightly regulatedReservoirs can hold 6.0% of a year's flow.
  • 14.7millionpeople live in the basin
  • 137/km²people per km²
  • 177maverage altitude of the basin
  • 584mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 8.1°Caverage air temperature
  • 17%protected areas
  • 0.8%covered by lakes
  • 1.0km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 28% Forest
  • 47% Cropland
  • 10% Pasture
  • 6% 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

Warta: what you find on the way

  • 37Damsjaz, Próg wodny, Ruiny zapory wodnej na Flisie and 34 more
  • 110WeirsStopień wodny na rzece Warta w Mirowskim Przełomie Warty, Jaz nr 10, Jaz nr 11 and 107 more
  • 5LocksŚluza Morzysław and 4 more
  • 6WaterfallsWodospad na Wirynce and 5 more
  • 36Boat rampsPrzystań Kajakowa Działoszyn, Miejsce wodowania łodzi, Miejsce wodowania and 33 more
  • 43Ferry piersProm Biechowy, Dawna przeprawa promowa w Dłusku, Prom Pogorzelica and 40 more
  • 47MarinasPrzystań kajakowa BOREK, Kajakowy Klub Sportowy, Jeziorsko and 44 more
  • 7Boat rentalsENIF, Keja Kajaki Łęg, Kajaki Dłusk | Pyzdry | Spływy kajakowe Warta i Prosna and 4 more
  • 13River beachesPlaża gminna, plaża w Uniejowie, Plaża miejska w Śremie and 10 more

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Warta 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.

  • 18lakes on its wayLakeyas
  • 9mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Lakes and reservoirs (18)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Porajskie Lakekm 163.9km²
  2. Jeziorskokm 24136km²
  3. Lake Maltakm 453 · 5 m deep0.6km²
  4. Jezioro Lutomskiekm 5431.3km²
  5. Lichwińskie Lakekm 5450.4km²
  6. Jezioro Śremskiekm 5481.0km²
  7. Kłosowskie Lakekm 5490.8km²
  8. Jezioro Miejskiekm 5600.3km²

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Mountains at the source (9)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Góra Janowskiego6.3 km away516m
  2. Góra Zborów9.5 km away468m
  3. Kołoczek9.9 km away429m
  4. Skały Kroczyckie9.6 km away
  5. Góra Stodolska11 km away
  6. Straszykowa12 km away
  7. Berkowa10 km away
  8. Góra Zamkowa14 km away

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From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Warta: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Warta: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth45 km across

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

Warta in pictures

Koło - dolina Warty
Kolanin · CC BY-SA 4.0
St. Roch Bridge on Warta river, Poznań, Poland
Igor123121 · CC BY 4.0
St. Roch bridge on Warta river, Poznań, Poland
Igor123121 · CC BY 4.0
Bobrowniki Warta widok z mostu 01.05.2011 p
The making of this document was supported by Wikimedia Polska . · CC BY 3.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

OderPolandPoland854 km480 m³/s

Tributaries (30)

NotećPolandPoland388 km210 m³/sjoins at km 626ObraPolandPoland253 km10 m³/sjoins at km 595ProsnaPolandPoland216 km18 m³/sjoins at km 358NerPolandPoland134 km10 m³/sjoins at km 278

Also: Wełna, Liswarta, Widawka, Cybina, Samica Kierska, Stradomka, Kiełbaska, Moskawa, Oleśnica, Wrześnica River, Postomia, Trojanka, Sama, Samica Stęszewska, Ordon, Bogdanka, Główna, Rgilewka, Żeglina, Meszna, Kamieniczka, Kamionka, Kończak, Kopel

In the same basin

Lusatian NysaGermanyGermany254 km30 m³/sBóbrPolandPoland272 km44 m³/sNysa KłodzkaPolandPoland195 km45 m³/sDrawaPolandPoland186 km22 m³/sOlzaPolandPoland99 km52 m³/sOstraviceCzechiaCzechia55 km160 m³/sOpavaCzechiaCzechia111 km16 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

Lusatian NysaGermanyGermany254 km30 m³/s58 km awayNotećPolandPoland388 km210 m³/s51 km awaySpreeGermanyGermany382 km36 m³/s87 km awayBóbrPolandPoland272 km44 m³/s75 km awayObraPolandPoland253 km10 m³/s67 km awayDrawaPolandPoland186 km22 m³/s104 km awayHavelGermanyGermany325 km89 m³/s171 km awayPeeneGermanyGermany136 km50 m³/s141 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q201823) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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