Narew (
Prussian,
Jotvingian and
Lithuanian Naura,
Belarusian ?????) is a
river in western
Belarus and north-eastern
Poland, a tributary of the
Vistula river. With a length of 484 kilometres (36 in Belarus and 448 in Poland) it is the fifth longest
Polish river. The basin is 75,175 sq. km (53,873 in Poland).
Narew originates in Belarus and flows into the Vistula river in Poland. The part between the Zegrze Lake, where it is joined by the Bug river, and Vistula is sometimes called Narwio-Bug, Narwo-Bug or Bugo-Narew. The name of the river comes from a Proto-Indo-European root *nr primarily associated with water (compare with Narva, Neretva, Neris, Ner and Nur).[1]
On September 6, 1939, Polish military forces attempted to use the Narew as a defense line against German attack during the Invasion of Poland. This was abandoned the next day in favor of the Bug as German forces had already penetrated the defenses.
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