Wkra
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Wkra is a river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in north-eastern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, a tributary of the Narew
Narew
The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river...

 river, with a length of 249 kilometres (13th longest) and the basin area of 5,322 km². (all in Poland).

Towns and townships:
  • Bieżuń
    Biezun
    Bieżuń is a town in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,903 inhabitants on the Wkra River. Jedrzej of Golczew, castellan of Płock, estaqblished the town at the end of the 14th century. Prince Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia granted the city rights charter in 1406 and in 1869,...

  • Radzanów
    Radzanów
    Radzanów may refer to the following places:*Radzanów, Lublin Voivodeship *Radzanów, Białobrzegi County in Masovian Voivodeship *Radzanów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship...

  • Strzegowo
    Strzegowo
    Strzegowo is a village on the Wkra river in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Strzegowo. It was formerly known as Strzegowo-Osada . It lies approximately south of Mława and north-west of Warsaw.The village has approximarly 2,000...

  • Glinojeck
    Glinojeck
    Glinojeck is a town in Poland, with 3,087 inhabitants ....

  • Sochocin
    Sochocin
    Sochocin is a village in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Sochocin. It lies approximately north-east of Płońsk and north-west of Warsaw....

  • Joniec
    Joniec
    Joniec is a village in Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Joniec. It lies approximately east of Płońsk and north-west of Warsaw....

  • Pomiechówek
    Pomiechówek
    Pomiechówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pomiechówek, within Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies on the Wkra river, approximately north-east of Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki and north-west of Warsaw.-References:...

  • Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
    Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
    Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with ca. 42500 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship ; previously, it was in Warszawa Voivodeship...



See also:
Rivers of Poland
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