Narew

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{{Infobox river
| name = Narew
| name_native =
| name_native_lang =
| name_other = Нараў, Нарев, Narevas
| name_etymology =

| image = Poland Narew Góra Strękowa.jpg
| image_size = 300
| image_caption = [[Braided river|Braided channels]] of the Narew at [[Strękowa Góra]].
| map = Vistula river map.png
| map_size =
| map_caption = Narew as part of the Vistula watershed.
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| mapframe-zoom = 6

| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Poland]], [[Belarus]]
| subdivision_type2 = Cities
| subdivision_name2 = {{hlist|[[Choroszcz]]|[[Tykocin]]|[[Łomża]]|[[Ostrołęka]]|[[Pułtusk]]|[[Serock]]|[[Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]]}}
| subdivision_type3 = Voivodeships / Voblasts
| subdivision_name3 = [[Grodno Region|Grodno]], [[Podlaskie Voivodeship|Podlaskie]], [[Masovian Voivodeship|Mazovian]]
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| length = {{convert|499|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| discharge1_location= [[mouth]]
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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|313|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
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| discharge2_location= entering [[Pułtusk]]
| discharge2_min =
| discharge2_avg = {{convert|146|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
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| source1 =
| source1_location = north-eastern part of the [[Białowieża Forest]] near Dzikie Bagno, [[Belarus]]
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|52|52|24.68|N|24|13|8.87|E|type:river|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|159|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = [[Vistula]]
| mouth_location = [[Modlin (Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki)]], [[Poland]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52.4335|20.6759|format=dms|type:river_region:PL|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|70.7|m|abbr=on}}
| progression = {{RVistula}}
| basin_size = {{convert|74527|km2|abbr=on}}
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The '''Narew''' ({{IPAc-pl|'|n|a|r|e|f}}; {{langx|be|Нараў|translit=Naraŭ}}; {{Langx|lt|Narevas}} or {{Lang|lt|Naruva}}) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern [[Poland]]. It is a tributary of the river [[Vistula]]. The Narew is one of Europe's few [[braided river]]s, the term relating to the twisted channels resembling braided hair. Around 57 kilometres (35 mi) of the river flows through western [[Belarus]].

==Etymology==
The name of the river is from a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root ''*nr'' primarily associated with ''water'' (compare [[Neretva]], [[Neris]], [[Ner]] and [[Nur, Poland|Nur]])<ref name="Mańczak">{{cite book | author =Witold Mańczak | author-link =Witold Mańczak | title =Wieża Babel | year =1999 | publisher =[[Ossolineum|Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich]] | location =Wrocław | isbn =83-04-04463-3 |language=pl}}</ref> or from a [[Lithuanian language]] verb ''nerti'' associated primarily with ''diving'' and ''flood''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mazowsze.szlaki.pttk.pl/562-pttk-mazowsze-narew|title=Narew|website=mazowsze.szlaki.pttk.pl|access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref>

==Name of the lower portion==
The portion of the river between the junctions with the [[Bug (river)|Western Bug]] and the [[Vistula]] is also known as the Bugonarew, Narwio-Bug, Narwo-Bug, Bugo-Narew, Narwiobug or Narwobug. At the [[confluence]] near [[Zegrze]] the Bug is 1.6× longer, drains a 1.4× larger basin, and has a slightly greater average [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] (158 m³/s at [[Wyszków]] vs 146 m³/s at [[Pułtusk]] for the Narew, both ~25 km above the junction). Thus the Bugonarew was often considered part of the Bug river and the Narew a right [[tributary]] of the Bug.

On December 27, 1962, Prime Minister [[Józef Cyrankiewicz]] abolished the name ''Bugonarew'' soon after the [[Zegrze Reservoir]] was constructed.<ref name="Monitor">{{in lang|pl}} "Monitor Polski" 1963, nr 3, poz. 6</ref> Since then the river Bug has officially been considered part of the river Narew's system, with the Bug being a left tributary of the Narew (by this classification, the River Narew is a right tributary of the River Vistula). The name Bugonarew however is still used in some areas along its course, especially by the inhabitants of local towns, such as Pułtusk.

==Geography==
The Narew flows through the geographical region of [[Europe]] known as the ''Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Białoruskie'' (English: Plateau of Podlasie and Belarus) located within the [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]] and [[Masovian Voivodeship]] of [[Poland]] and the [[Hrodna Voblast]] of [[Belarus]].

{|class="wikitable"
!Country
!Length<ref name=yearbook>[http://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/en/defaultaktualnosci/3328/2/17/1/statistical_yearbook_of_the_republic_of_poland_2017.pdf Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017], [[Central Statistical Office (Poland)|Statistics Poland]], p. 85-86</ref>
!Basin Area<ref name=yearbook/>
|-
| [[Belarus]]
| {{convert|57|km|mi}}
|
|-
| [[Poland]]
| {{convert|443|km|mi}}
| {{convert|53846|km2|sqmi}}
|-
| '''Total'''
| {{convert|499|km|mi}}
| {{convert|74527|km2|sqmi}}
|}

The Narew is the fifth longest [[List of rivers of Poland|Polish river]].
[[Image:Podlaskie - Michałowo - Jezioro Siemianowskie - NW - pano.JPG|thumb|600px|center|View from the road along Siemianówka reservoir near Bondary village, gmina Michałowo, Podlaskie voivodship, Poland]]

== Cities and towns ==

[[Image:Modlin spichlerz.jpg|thumb|250px|Confluence of the Narew and [[Vistula]] at [[Modlin (Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki)|Modlin]]]]
[[Image:River Narew valley.JPG|thumb|250px|The valley of the river Narew taken from the high river bank at Paulinowo-Dzbądz (close to city Różan)]]
[[Image:Podlaskie - Choroszcz - Rzędziany-Pańki Narew floodplains - 0,82km - NNE.JPG|thumb|250px|Marshes on the braided channels of the Narew's floodplains, near [[Pańki, Gmina Choroszcz|Pańki]] and [[Rzędziany]]]]
[[Image:Podlaskie - Michałowo - Jezioro Siemianowskie - NW - v-ESE.JPG|thumb|250px|Siemianówka reservoir near Bondary village, gmina Michałowo, podlaskie,Poland]]
{{Commons category|Narew}}

{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-color:#f2f2f4; margin-top:1px; margin-bottom:15px; font-size:87%" width="65%"
|-
! Country<br>Voivodeship !! County !! Gmina !! Village !! Comments
|-
| [[Belarus]] || || || [[Czoło (Białoruś)|Czoło]] - osada ||
|-
|rowspan=26 |[[Podlaskie Voivodeship]] || [[powiat hajnowski|Hajnowski]] || [[gmina Narewka|Narewka]] || [[Siemianówka]] ||
|-
|[[Białystok County|Białystok]] ||[[gmina Michałowo|Michałowo]] || [[Bondary]] ||
|-
|[[powiat hajnowski|Hajnowski]] || [[gmina Narew|Narew]] || [[Narew, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Narew]] ||
|-
|rowspan=2 |[[Białystok County|Białystok]] || [[gmina Zabłudów|Zabłudów]] || [[Kaniuki, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Kaniuki]] ||
|-
| [[gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny|Juchnowiec Kościelny]] || [[Czerewki]] ||
|-
| [[Bielsk County|Bielsk]] || [[gmina Wyszki|Wyszki]] || [[Strabla]] ||
|-
|rowspan=3| białostocki || [[gmina Suraż|Suraż]] || '''[[Suraż]]''' ||
|-
|[[gmina Łapy|Łapy]] || [[Uhowo]] ||
|-
|[[gmina Turośń Kościelna|Turośń Kościelna]] || [[Topilec]] ||
|-
|rowspan=2| [[powiat wysokomazowiecki|wysokomazowiecki]] || [[gmina Kobylin-Borzymy|Kobylin-Borzymy]] || [[Kurowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Kurowo]] || The seat of [[Narwiański Park Narodowy]]
|-
| [[gmina Sokoły|Sokoły]] || [[Waniewo, Wysokie Mazowieckie County|Waniewo]] ||
|-
| Białystok || [[gmina Choroszcz|Choroszcz]] || '''[[Choroszcz]]''' ||
|-
| [[powiat moniecki|moniecki]] || [[gmina Krypno|Krypno]] || [[Góra, Mońki County|Góra]] ||
|-
| Białystok || [[gmina Tykocin|Tykocin]] || '''[[Tykocin]]''' ||
|-
| moniecki || [[gmina Trzcianne|Trzcianne]] || [[Zajki]] ||
|-
|rowspan=2|Białystok ||rowspan=2|[[gmina Zawady|Zawady]] || [[Góra Strękowa]] || The fortifications defended by Captain [[Władysław Raginis]] during German [[Invasion of Poland]]
|-
| [[Łaś-Toczyłowo]] ||
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Łomża County|Łomża]] || [[gmina Wizna|Wizna]] || [[Wizna]] ||
|-
| [[gmina Piątnica|Piątnica]] || [[Drozdowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Drozdowo]] || The seat of [[Łomżyński Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Narwi]] and Museum of Nature
|-
| [[gmina Łomża|Łomża]] || [[Siemień Nadrzeczny]] ||
|-
| Piątnica || [[Piątnica]] ||
|-
| Łomża || || '''[[Łomża]]''' ||
|-
| [[powiat kolneński|kolneński]] || [[gmina Mały Płock|Mały Płock]] || [[Chludnie]] ||
|-
|rowspan=3| Łomża || [[gmina Nowogród|Nowogród]] || '''[[Nowogród]]''' ||
|-
| [[gmina Zbójna|Zbójna]] || [[Gontarze]] ||
|-
| [[gmina Miastkowo|Miastkowo]] || [[Nowosiedliny]] || The last village in Podlaskie Voivodeship
|-
|rowspan=20|[[Masovian Voivodeship]] ||rowspan=2| [[powiat ostrołęcki|ostrołęcki]] || [[gmina Lelis|Lelis]] ||[[Łęg Starościński]] ||
|-
| [[gmina Rzekuń|Rzekuń]] || [[Laskowiec, Masovian Voivodeship|Laskowiec]] ||
|-
| Ostrołęka || || '''[[Ostrołęka]]''' ||
|-
|rowspan=2| ostrołęcki || [[gmina Olszewo-Borki|Olszewo-Borki]] || [[Ostrołęka]]
|-
|Rzekuń || [[Dzbenin, Gmina Rzekuń|Dzbenin]] ||
|-
| [[powiat makowski|makowski]] || [[gmina Różan|Różan]] || [[Różan]] ||
|-
| [[powiat wyszkowski|wyszkowski]] || [[gmina Długosiodło|Długosiodło]] || [[Ostrykół Dworski]] ||
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| makowski || [[gmina Rzewnie|Rzewnie]] || [[Nowe Łachy]] ||
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| wyszkowski || [[gmina Rząśnik|Rząśnik]] || [[Nowy Lubiel]] ||
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|rowspan=4| [[powiat pułtuski|pułtuski]] || [[gmina Obryte|Obryte]] || [[Zambski Kościelne]] ||
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| [[gmina Pułtusk|Pułtusk]] || '''[[Pułtusk]]''' ||
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| [[gmina Pokrzywnica|Pokrzywnica]] || [[Łubienica]] ||
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| [[gmina Zatory|Zatory]] || [[Stawinoga]] ||
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|rowspan=5| [[powiat legionowski|legionowski]] ||rowspan=2| [[gmina Serock|Serock]] || '''[[Serock]]''' ||
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| [[Jadwisin, Legionowo County|Jadwisin]] ||
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| [[gmina Nieporęt|Nieporęt]] || [[Nieporęt]] ||
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| [[gmina Serock|Serock]] || [[Dębe, Legionowo County|Dębe]] ||
|-
| [[gmina Wieliszew|Wieliszew]] || [[Topolina]] ||
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Nowy Dwór County, Masovian Voivodeship|Nowy Dwór]] || [[gmina Pomiechówek|Pomiechówek]] || [[Stare Orzechowo]] ||
|-
| || '''[[Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]]''' || Narew flows into [[Vistula]]
|}

== Tributaries ==
{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-color:#f2f2f4; margin-top:1px; margin-bottom:15px; font-size:87%" width="65%"
!Left Bank
!Right Bank
!Municipality
!Characteristics
!Country
|-
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| [[Czoło]]
| [[Bialowieza Forest]]
|'''[[Belarus]]'''
|-
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|[[Bierieżanka]]
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|[[Bialowieza Forest]] [[Siemianówka Marshland]]
|rowspan=49| '''[[Poland]]'''
|-
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|[[Siemianówka]]
|rowspan=2|[[Siemianówka Marshland]]
|-
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|[[Bondary]]
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|[[Narewka (river)|Narewka]]
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|-
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|[[Olszanka River|Olszanka]]
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|[[Ruda (Narew)|Ruda]]
|[[Gmina Narew|Narew]]
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|-
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|[[Małynka]]
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|[[Rudnia River|Rudnia]]
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|Czarna
|[[Kaniuki]]
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|[[Łoknica]]
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|[[Orlanka]]
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|[[Czerewki]]
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|[[Strabelka]]
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|[[Strabla]]
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|-
|[[Liza River|Liza]]
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|[[Suraż]]
| rowspan=7| [[Narew National Park]]
|-
|[[Awissa]]
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|[[Łapy]]
|-
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|[[Turośnianka]]
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|-
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|[[Niewodnica]]
|[[Topilec]]
|-
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|[[Waniewo]]
|-
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|[[Kurowo (Podlaskie Voivodeship)|Kurowo]]
|-
|
|[[Horodnianka River|Horodnianka]]
|[[Choroszcz]]
|-
|
|[[Supraśl (river)|Supraśl]]
|[[Złotoria, Gmina Choroszcz|Złotoria]]
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|-
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|[[Jaskranka]]
|[[Góra]]
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|-
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|[[Nareśl]]
|[[Tykocin]]
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|-
|[[Ślina]]
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|[[Targonie Wielkie]]
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|-
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|[[Zajki]]
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|[[Góra Strękowa]]
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|-
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|[[Biebrza]]
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|[[Biebrza National Park]]
|-
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|[[Wizna]]
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|-
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|[[Łojewek]]
|[[Bronowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship|Bronowo]]
|rowspan=3|[[Łomżyński Valley national Park]]
|-
|[[Gać River|Gać]]
|
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|-
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|[[Narwica]]
|[[Łomża]] [[Piątnica]]
|-
|[[Łomżyczka]]
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|-
|[[Lepacka Struga]]
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|-
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|[[Pisa (river)|Pisa]]
|[[Nowogród]]
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|-
|[[Ruż]]
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|[[Gontarze]]
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|-
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|[[Szkwa]]
|[[Nowosiedliny]]
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|-
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|[[Rozoga]]
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|-
|[[Czeczotka]]
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|[[Ostrołęka]]
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|-
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|[[Omulew]]
|[[Olszewo-Borki]]
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|-
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|[[Róż]]
|[[Chełsty, Masovian Voivodeship|Chełsty]]
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|-
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|[[Różan]]
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|-
|[[Orz (river)|Orz]]
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|[[Brzóze Duże]]
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|-
|[[Wymakracz]]
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|[[Ostrykół Dworski]]
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|-
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|[[Orzyc (river)|Orzyc]]
|[[Zambski Kościelne]]
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|-
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|[[Pełta]]
|[[Pułtusk]]
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|-
|[[Bug (river)|Bug]]
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|[[Serock]]
|rowspan=3|[[Zegrze Reservoir]]
|-
|[[Rządza]]
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|-
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|[[Nieporęt]]
|-
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|[[Topolina]]
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|-
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|[[Wkra]]
|[[Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]]
|mouth of the river at the [[Vistula]]
|}
[[Image:Narew, Lomza-panorama.jpg|thumb|600px|center|The Narew near [[Łomża]]. The river flows slowly, creating [[meanders]]]]

== History ==
On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]], agreeing to divide Poland along the Narew, Vistula (Wisła), and San rivers.

On September 6, 1939, Polish military forces attempted to use the Narew as a defense line against German attack during the German [[invasion of Poland]]. This was abandoned the next day in favor of the [[Bug River|Bug]] as German forces had already penetrated the defenses.

The [[Battle of Wizna]] was fought along the banks of the river between September 7 and September 10, 1939, between the forces of Poland and Germany during the initial stages of Invasion of Poland. Because it consisted of a small force holding a piece of fortified territory against a vastly larger invasion for three days at great cost before being annihilated with no known survivors, Wizna is sometimes referred to as a Polish Thermopylae in Polish culture.

On September 17, 1939, the USSR invaded Poland. By 28 September, the Soviet Army had reached the line of the rivers Narew, Bug River, Vistula and San – completing the division of Poland as negotiated in advance.

== See also ==

* [[Narew National Park]]
* [[Narew Landscape Park]]
* [[Rivers of Poland]]
* [[Geography of Poland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060204231711/http://www.bialowieza-biebrza.org/ Natural tourism (birdwatching) in Narew National Park]

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[[Category:Rivers of Poland]]
[[Category:Narew basin| ]]
[[Category:Rivers of Grodno region]]
[[Category:Rivers of Podlaskie Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:International rivers of Europe]]
[[Category:Rivers of Belarus]]

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