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Vistula

Also known as Wisła

The Vistula is the longest river of Poland, about 1,050 kilometres long, rising in the Silesian Beskids and flowing past Kraków and Warsaw to the Baltic near Gdańsk. Its basin has been the core of the Polish lands since the early Middle Ages and was earlier home to Germanic and Baltic peoples. Grain shipped down the river to Gdańsk was the basis of Polish trade from the 15th to the 17th century.

Vistula
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vistula. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vistula
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“Vistula.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vistula. Accessed .
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