The Pilica is a river in central Poland, and the longest left tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 333 kilometres (8th longest). All 9,258 km2 of its basin area is in Poland.Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017, Statistics Poland, p. 85-86
It flows through the Polish Jura, after which it enters Central Polish Plains. Pilica flows into the Vistula near the village of Ostrówek, in a geographical region of Central Vistula Valley. In 1974, a dam was built near Sulejów, resulting in the creation of man-made reservoir Sulejów Lake, which has the area of 2,700 hectares. The region in the basin of the Pilica is sometimes called Nadpilicze, and the river itself marks the boundary between Lesser Poland, and two other historical provinces of the country, Greater Poland and Mazovia.
The first "open-air river museum" in Poland, the Open-air museum of Pilica river, is located on the waterway and the Blue Springs nature reserve lies next to the river.
Towns Pilica Szczekociny Koniecpol Przedbórz Sulejów Tomaszów Mazowiecki Spała Inowłódz Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą Wyśmierzyce Białobrzegi Warka
Left tributaries Luciąża Rykolanka Wolborka
Right tributaries Czarna (Włoszczowska) Czarna (Konecka) Drzewiczka
A kayak route A 228 km long "Szlak wodny Pilicy" is a kayak route on Pilica River. It begins in Zarzecze near Szczekociny and ends on a mouth of the Pilica River. Points on the route:
Zarzecze near Szczekociny Przedbórz Faliszew Skotniki (Gmina Aleksandrów, Łódź Voivodeship) Sulejów Sulejowski Reservoir Tomaszów Mazowiecki Spała Inowłódz Żądłowice Grotowice Domaniewice Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą Białobrzegi Warka a mouth of the Pilica River
A section of the river is a Natura 2000 EU Special Protection Area.
See also
Special Protection Areas in Poland
References