Wieprz River

Wieprz River

Infobox River
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The Wieprz is a river in central-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula. It is the country's ninth longest river, with a total length of 303 km and a catchment area (all within Poland) of 10,415 km²Fact|date=August 2007. Its course near the town of Łęczna includes the protected area known as Wieprz Landscape Park.

Towns on the Wieprz

*Krasnobród
*Zwierzyniec
*Szczebrzeszyn
*Krasnystaw
*Łęczna
*Lubartów
*Dęblin

ee also

*List of rivers in Poland


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