Odra - Odra

Measles - river in Central Europe, in the catchment area The Baltic Seaflowing through the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.

Odra, autumn landscape

Odra, Wrocław Church of St. Cross as seen from the Sand

Odra, Wrocław, Młyn Maria

Odra, a barge abroad

Tumski Bridge on the Odra River in Wrocław

Wrocław, Grunwaldzki Bridge on the Odra River

Odra in Opole, panorama of the city with the cathedral, town hall, Franciscan church and the Piast Tower

Odra river, in the background the railway bridge in Głogów

Odra river near Police, Poland

Taking into account the total length (854.3 km), it is the second (after Wisła) river of Poland, but taking into account only its section within Poland (742 km), it is the third river in terms of length (after its tributary Warcie).

The Odra River basin covers the area of ​​118,861 km², 106,056 km² of which in Poland.

It flows in the east of the Czech Republic, in the Oder Mountains in the Eastern Sudetes, at an altitude of 634 m above sea level. a flows into Roztoka Odrzańska, which is a bay Of the Szczecin Lagoon, in the north-western part of Poland, at the northern border of the city Police.

The largest cities on the Oder are: Wroclaw, Szczecin and Opole in Poland and Ostrava in the Czech republic.

In the past, the Oder was well used for shipping - in the 1970s, up to 14 million tons of cargo was transported annually by the river. Since 2012, when the barges transported the last 7,000 tons of coal from Gliwice to Wrocław, there has been no regular water transport anymore.