Geography of Poland

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Geographyof Poland

• Ania B.

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Polands territory extends across several
geographical regions. In the northwest is the
Baltic seacoast, which extends from the Bay of
Pomerania to the Gulf of Gdansk.
Bay of Pomerania
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This coast is marked by several spits, coastal
lakes (former bays that have been cut off from
the sea), and dunes. The largely straight
coastline is indented by the Szczecin Lagoon, the
Bay of Puck, and the Vistula Lagoon.
Bay of Puck
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The center and parts of the north lie within the
North European Plain. Rising gently above these
lowlands is a geographical region comprising the
four hilly districts of moraines and
moraine-dammed lakes formed during and after the
Pleistocene ice age. These lake districts are the
Pomeranian Lake District, the Greater Polish Lake
District, the Kashubian Lake District, and the
Masurian Lake District. The Masurian Lake
District is the largest of the four and covers
much of northeastern Poland. The lake districts
form part of the Baltic Ridge, a series of
moraine belts along the southern shore of the
Baltic Sea.
Masurian Lake District
Kashubian Lake District
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South of the Northern European Lowlands lie the
regions of Silesia and Masovia, which are marked
by broad ice-age river valleys. Farther south
lies the Polish mountain region, including the
Sudetes , the Cracow-Czestochowa Upland, the
Swietokrzyskie Mountains, and the Carpathian
Mountains, including the Beskids. The highest
part of the Carpathians is the Tatra Mountains,
along Polands southern border.
the Cracow-Czestochowa Upland
the Swietokrzyskie Mountains
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the Beskids
the Sudetes
Tatra Mountains
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Rivers of Poland
The longest rivers are the Vistula (Polish
Wisla), 1,047 kilometres long the Oder (Polish
Odra) which forms part of Polands western
border, 854 kilometres long its tributary, the
Wart, 808 kilometres long and the Bug, a
tributary of the Vistula, 772 kilometres long.
the Vistula
the Oder