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{{Infobox river
| name              = Bzura
| image             = Kozlow Biskupi Bzura01.jpg
| image_size        = 300px
| image_alt         =
| image_caption     = The Bzura in Kozłów Biskupi{{Clear}}{{Location map| Poland| width=240| float=center| border=none| caption=Mouth of the Bzura on the map of Poland | relief=1 | label=Bzura (river&nbsp;mouth)| lat_deg=52.2244| lon_deg=20.1050| alt=Bzura| mark=Cyan pog.svg}}
| source1_location  = 
| mouth_location    = [[Vistula]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52.3744|20.2013|source:dewiki_region:PL-MZ_type:waterbody|format=dms|display=it}}
| progression       = {{RVistula}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Poland]]
| location          = 
| length_km = 173
| source1_elevation = 
| mouth_elevation   = 
| discharge1_avg    = {{convert|28.6|m3/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size_km2 = 7764
| river_system      = 
| tributaries_left  =
| tributaries_right = 
}}
The '''Bzura''' is a [[river]] in central [[Poland]]. A tributary of the [[Vistula]] river (in [[Wyszogród]]), the Bzura is 173 kilometres long and has a basin area of 7,764&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[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> During the [[Second World War]], Polish forces made a major stand here against the [[Wehrmacht]] in an attempt to halt the German advance on Warsaw ([[Battle of the Bzura]]).

==Towns and townships==
*[[Zgierz]]
*[[Aleksandrów Łódzki]]
*[[Ozorków]]
*[[Łęczyca]]
*[[Łowicz]]
*[[Sochaczew]]
*[[Brochów]]
*[[Wyszogród]]

==Eastern tributaries==
*[[Linda River|Linda]]
*[[Moszczenica (river)|Moszczenica]]
*[[Mroga]]
*[[Struga River|Struga]]
*[[Bobrówka River|Bobrówka]]
*[[Skierniewka]]
*[[Rawka (river)|Rawka]]
*[[Pisia (river)|Pisia]]
*[[Sucha (river)|Sucha]]
*[[Utrata (river)|Utrata]]
*[[Łasica]]

==Western tributaries==
*[[Witonia (river)|Witonia]]
*[[Ochnia]]
*[[Słudwia (river)|Słudwia]]

==See also==
* [[Rivers of Poland]]
* [[Battle of the Bzura]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Vistula}}
{{Tributaries of the Vistula}}
{{Polish rivers}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Rivers of Poland]]
[[Category:Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Rivers of Łódź Voivodeship]]


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