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Narew

Field	Value
name	Narew
name_other	Нараў, Нарев, Narevas
image	Poland Narew Góra Strękowa.jpg
image_size	300
image_caption	Braided channels of the Narew at Strękowa Góra.
map	Vistula river map.png
map_caption	Narew as part of the Vistula watershed.
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	6
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Poland, Belarus
subdivision_type2	Cities
subdivision_name2
subdivision_type3	Voivodeships / Voblasts
subdivision_name3	Grodno, Podlaskie, Mazovian
length	499 km
discharge1_location	mouth
discharge1_avg	313 m3/s
discharge2_location	entering Pułtusk
discharge2_avg	146 m3/s
source1_location	north-eastern part of the Białowieża Forest near Dzikie Bagno, Belarus
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	159 m
mouth	Vistula
mouth_location	Modlin (Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki), Poland
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	70.7 m
progression
basin_size	74527 km2

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The Narew (; ; or Naruva) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland. It is a tributary of the river Vistula. The Narew is one of Europe's few braided rivers, the term relating to the twisted channels resembling braided hair. Around 57 kilometres (35 mi) of the river flows through western Belarus.

Etymology

The name of the river is from a Proto-Indo-European root *nr primarily associated with water (compare Neretva, Neris, Ner and Nur) or from a Lithuanian language verb nerti associated primarily with diving and flood.

Name of the lower portion

The portion of the river between the junctions with the Western Bug and the Vistula is also known as the Bugonarew, Narwio-Bug, Narwo-Bug, Bugo-Narew, Narwiobug or Narwobug. At the confluence near Zegrze the Bug is 1.6× longer, drains a 1.4× larger basin, and has a slightly greater average discharge (158 m³/s at Wyszków vs 146 m³/s at Pułtusk for the Narew, both ~25 km above the junction). Thus the Bugonarew was often considered part of the Bug river and the Narew a right tributary of the Bug.

On December 27, 1962, Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz abolished the name Bugonarew soon after the Zegrze Reservoir was constructed. Since then the river Bug has officially been considered part of the river Narew's system, with the Bug being a left tributary of the Narew (by this classification, the River Narew is a right tributary of the River Vistula). The name Bugonarew however is still used in some areas along its course, especially by the inhabitants of local towns, such as Pułtusk.

Geography

The Narew flows through the geographical region of Europe known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Białoruskie (English: Plateau of Podlasie and Belarus) located within the Podlaskie Voivodeship and Masovian Voivodeship of Poland and the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus.

Country	Statistics Poland]], p. 85-86	Basin Area
Belarus	57 km
Poland	443 km	53846 km2
Total	499 km	74527 km2

The Narew is the fifth longest Polish river.

View from the road along Siemianówka reservoir near Bondary village, gmina Michałowo, Podlaskie voivodship, Poland

Cities and towns

The valley of the river Narew taken from the high river bank at Paulinowo-Dzbądz (close to city Różan)

Siemianówka reservoir near Bondary village, gmina Michałowo, podlaskie,Poland

Country
Voivodeship	County	Gmina	Village	Comments
Belarus			Czoło - osada
Podlaskie Voivodeship	Hajnowski	Narewka	Siemianówka
Białystok	Michałowo	Bondary
Hajnowski	Narew	Narew
Białystok	Zabłudów	Kaniuki
Juchnowiec Kościelny	Czerewki
Bielsk	Wyszki	Strabla
białostocki	Suraż	Suraż
Łapy	Uhowo
Turośń Kościelna	Topilec
wysokomazowiecki	Kobylin-Borzymy	Kurowo	The seat of Narwiański Park Narodowy
Sokoły	Waniewo
Białystok	Choroszcz	Choroszcz
moniecki	Krypno	Góra
Białystok	Tykocin	Tykocin
moniecki	Trzcianne	Zajki
Białystok	Zawady	Góra Strękowa	The fortifications defended by Captain Władysław Raginis during German Invasion of Poland
Łaś-Toczyłowo
Łomża	Wizna	Wizna
Piątnica	Drozdowo	The seat of Łomżyński Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Narwi and Museum of Nature
Łomża	Siemień Nadrzeczny
Piątnica	Piątnica
Łomża		Łomża
kolneński	Mały Płock	Chludnie
Łomża	Nowogród	Nowogród
Zbójna	Gontarze
Miastkowo	Nowosiedliny	The last village in Podlaskie Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship	ostrołęcki	Lelis	Łęg Starościński
Rzekuń	Laskowiec
Ostrołęka		Ostrołęka
ostrołęcki	Olszewo-Borki	Ostrołęka
Rzekuń	Dzbenin
makowski	Różan	Różan
wyszkowski	Długosiodło	Ostrykół Dworski
makowski	Rzewnie	Nowe Łachy
wyszkowski	Rząśnik	Nowy Lubiel
pułtuski	Obryte	Zambski Kościelne
Pułtusk	Pułtusk
Pokrzywnica	Łubienica
Zatory	Stawinoga
legionowski	Serock	Serock
Jadwisin
Nieporęt	Nieporęt
Serock	Dębe
Wieliszew	Topolina
Nowy Dwór	Pomiechówek	Stare Orzechowo
	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	Narew flows into Vistula

Tributaries

Left Bank	Right Bank	Municipality	Characteristics	Country
		Czoło	Bialowieza Forest	Belarus
	Bierieżanka		Bialowieza Forest Siemianówka Marshland	Poland
		Siemianówka	Siemianówka Marshland
		Bondary
Narewka
	Olszanka
	Ruda	Narew
	Małynka
	Rudnia
	Czarna	Kaniuki
Łoknica
Orlanka		Czerewki
Strabelka		Strabla
Liza		Suraż	Narew National Park
Awissa		Łapy
	Turośnianka
	Niewodnica	Topilec
		Waniewo
		Kurowo
	Horodnianka	Choroszcz
	Supraśl	Złotoria
	Jaskranka	Góra
	Nareśl	Tykocin
Ślina		Targonie Wielkie
		Zajki
		Góra Strękowa
	Biebrza		Biebrza National Park
		Wizna
	Łojewek	Bronowo	Łomżyński Valley national Park
Gać
	Narwica	Łomża Piątnica
Łomżyczka
Lepacka Struga
	Pisa	Nowogród
Ruż		Gontarze
	Szkwa	Nowosiedliny
	Rozoga
Czeczotka		Ostrołęka
	Omulew	Olszewo-Borki
	Róż	Chełsty
		Różan
Orz		Brzóze Duże
Wymakracz		Ostrykół Dworski
	Orzyc	Zambski Kościelne
	Pełta	Pułtusk
Bug		Serock	Zegrze Reservoir
Rządza
		Nieporęt
		Topolina
	Wkra	Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	mouth of the river at the Vistula

History

On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, agreeing to divide Poland along the Narew, Vistula (Wisła), and San rivers.

On September 6, 1939, Polish military forces attempted to use the Narew as a defense line against German attack during the German invasion of Poland. This was abandoned the next day in favor of the Bug as German forces had already penetrated the defenses.

The Battle of Wizna was fought along the banks of the river between September 7 and September 10, 1939, between the forces of Poland and Germany during the initial stages of Invasion of Poland. Because it consisted of a small force holding a piece of fortified territory against a vastly larger invasion for three days at great cost before being annihilated with no known survivors, Wizna is sometimes referred to as a Polish Thermopylae in Polish culture.

On September 17, 1939, the USSR invaded Poland. By 28 September, the Soviet Army had reached the line of the rivers Narew, Bug River, Vistula and San – completing the division of Poland as negotiated in advance.

References

Witold Mańczak. (1999). "Wieża Babel". [[Ossolineum.
"Narew".
{{in lang. pl "Monitor Polski" 1963, nr 3, poz. 6
[http://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/en/defaultaktualnosci/3328/2/17/1/statistical_yearbook_of_the_republic_of_poland_2017.pdf Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017], [[Central Statistical Office (Poland). Statistics Poland]], p. 85-86

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