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The Narew (; ; or Naruva) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland. It is a tributary of the river Vistula. The Narew is one of Europe's few , the term relating to the twisted channels resembling braided hair. Around 57 kilometres (35 mi) of the river flows through western Belarus.
On December 27, 1962, Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz abolished the name Bugonarew soon after the Zegrze Reservoir was constructed. "Monitor Polski" 1963, nr 3, poz. 6 Since then the river Bug has officially been considered part of the river Narew's system, with the Bug being a left tributary of the Narew (by this classification, the River Narew is a right tributary of the River Vistula). The name Bugonarew however is still used in some areas along its course, especially by the inhabitants of local towns, such as Pułtusk.
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The Narew is the fifth longest Polish river.
| The seat of Narwiański Park Narodowy |
| The fortifications defended by Captain Władysław Raginis during German Invasion of Poland |
| The seat of Łomżyński Park Krajobrazowy Doliny Narwi and Museum of Nature |
| The last village in Podlaskie Voivodeship |
| Ostrołęka |
| Narew flows into Vistula |
| Czoło | Bialowieza Forest | Belarus | ||
| Bierieżanka | Bialowieza Forest Siemianówka Marshland | Poland | ||
| Siemianówka | Siemianówka Marshland | |||
| Bondary | ||||
| Narewka | ||||
| Olszanka River | ||||
| Ruda | Gmina Narew | |||
| Małynka | ||||
| Rudnia River | ||||
| Czarna | Kaniuki | |||
| Łoknica | ||||
| Orlanka | Czerewki | |||
| Strabelka | Strabla | |||
| Liza River | Suraż | Narew National Park | ||
| Awissa | Łapy | |||
| Turośnianka | ||||
| Niewodnica | Topilec | |||
| Waniewo | ||||
| Kurowo | ||||
| Horodnianka | Choroszcz | |||
| Supraśl | Złotoria | |||
| Jaskranka | Góra | |||
| Nareśl | Tykocin | |||
| Ślina | Targonie Wielkie | |||
| Zajki | ||||
| Góra Strękowa | ||||
| Biebrza | Biebrza National Park | |||
| Wizna | ||||
| Łojewek | Bronowo | Łomżyński Valley national Park | ||
| Gać | ||||
| Narwica | Łomża Piątnica | |||
| Łomżyczka | ||||
| Lepacka Struga | ||||
| Pisa | Nowogród | |||
| Ruż | Gontarze | |||
| Szkwa | Nowosiedliny | |||
| Rozoga | ||||
| Czeczotka | Ostrołęka | |||
| Omulew | Olszewo-Borki | |||
| Róż | Chełsty | |||
| Różan | ||||
| Orz | Brzóze Duże | |||
| Wymakracz | Ostrykół Dworski | |||
| Orzyc | Zambski Kościelne | |||
| Pełta | Pułtusk | |||
| Bug | Serock | Zegrze Reservoir | ||
| Rządza | ||||
| Nieporęt | ||||
| Topolina | ||||
| Wkra | Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | mouth of the river at the Vistula |
On September 6, 1939, Polish military forces attempted to use the Narew as a defense line against German attack during the German invasion of Poland. This was abandoned the next day in favor of the Bug River as German forces had already penetrated the defenses.
The Battle of Wizna was fought along the banks of the river between September 7 and September 10, 1939, between the forces of Poland and Germany during the initial stages of Invasion of Poland. Because it consisted of a small force holding a piece of fortified territory against a vastly larger invasion for three days at great cost before being annihilated with no known survivors, Wizna is sometimes referred to as a Polish Thermopylae in Polish culture.
On September 17, 1939, the USSR invaded Poland. By 28 September, the Soviet Army had reached the line of the rivers Narew, Bug River, Vistula and San – completing the division of Poland as negotiated in advance.
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