Narewka (river)


The Narewka River is a left-bank tributary of the Narew River in western Belarus and northeastern Poland.

Etymology

The Narewka River's name comes from a Proto-Indo-European root, *nr, primarily associated with "water".

Geography

The Narewka flows through the European region known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Bialoruskie in Poland's Podlasie Province and Belarus' Hrodna Voblast. A major part of the river flows through the Białowieża Forest.
The Narewka River is the main watercourse of the Polish part of the Białowieża Forest.
The river is 61.1 km long, including 21.7 kilometers in the Republic of Belarus.
Catchment covers an area Narewka 710.7 km sq., of which the Polish border is 491.32 km. Within the forest is 380 km2 catchment area, part of which falls in the Białowieża National Park. Catchment forest cover is 49.9%. Until dry, the Narewka flowed through quite a muddy valley. In the 1960s has been draining uroczyska "Wild Nikora.
The width of the trough Narewka ranges from 5 to 15 m. The maximum depth at the measuring point in Bialowieza: 201 cm. The rate of flow is 2 km / hr.

History

Narewka River is marked on the first map of Bialowieza, line drawn in 1784 by the royal surveyor Michael Połchowskiego. The documents appear much earlier.
In December 1409 Władysław Jagiełło took place in Bialowieza Forest a great hunt, making the stocks of meat before the battle of Grunwald. The meat is in the spring of next year, the river was floated Narewka, Narew and the Vistula to Plock.
In 1559 a partial separation was carried out from Bialowieza Forest Bielsko. Narewka River to the mouth of the Narew, along with the river Wieliczanka constituted the boundary between forests.

Cities and towns

Villages: Białowieża, Pogorzelce, Narewka, Nowe Lewkowo and Stare Lewkowo.

Tributaries

Left BankRight BankMunicipalityCharacteristicsCountry
Bialowieza ForestBelarus
ŁutowniaBialowieza ForestPoland
PrzedzielnaPoland
OrłówkaPoland
HwoźnaPoland
BraszczaPoland
Wilcze Gardłomouth of the river at the NarewPoland