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The Warta ( ; ) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. With a length of approximately 808 kilometers it is the country's third longest river. The Warta has a basin area of 54,529 square kilometers. It is connected to the Vistula by the river Noteć and the Bydgoszcz Canal (Kanał Bydgoski) near Bydgoszcz. It flows out of Upper Silesia (the Silesian Voivodeship) near Zawiercie, flows through Łódź Land, Greater Poland and Lubusz Land where it empties into the Oder near Kostrzyn nad Odrą. The Warta river basin was the original Poland - it is said that the Polans, (also known as Polanes, Polanians or Polians; Polish: Polanie) a West Slavic tribe, inhabited the Warta river basin from the 8th Century. |