Skawinka


Skawinka is a river in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland, right tributary of the Vistula River with a length of 34 km and a drainage basin of 365 km². The average discharge is 2.90 m³ / s.
Its sources are located on the slopes of in the Maków Beskids. The river flows through the and the valley of the Vistula.
The main tributaries counting from the mouth: ; Mogiłka ; Włosianka, Łutówka, Głogoczówka, .
The most important places along Skawinka: Skawinki, Lanckorona, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Leńcze, Wola Radziszowska, Radziszów, Rzozów, Skawina.
The river lends its name to the village Skawinki located at its source and to the town of Skawina, which is the last town before its mouth. Sometimes it is called "Cedron" by the residents of the neighbouring villages, especially around Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. In the late middle ages it used to be a political border between Silesia and Lesser Poland, and also between the Bohemian Crown and the Crown of Poland.