Biebrza

Biebrza

Biebrza (" _be. Bobra") is a river in north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew river (near Wizna), with a length of 155 kilometres (28th longest) and the basin area of 7,057 sq. km. (7,051 in Poland).

Larger towns in the area:
* Lipsk
* Sztabin
* Goniądz
* Radzilow
* Wizna

The region is usually being divided into lower, central and upper basin areas, each with its own different characteristics.

Natural environment

Today the river is best known for the vivid wildife in the peatbogs and marshes in its flooding areas.

History

Historically, the borderland regions of Masovia and Lithuania, the area retains much of its cultural diveristy today.

Cultural and linguistic environment

The basin of Biebrza river is inhabited not only by hundreds of rare and endangered sorts of birds, but also by people representing diverse cultures, languages and religions. While most of the population of the region speaks standard Polish, some people in the upper river basin (municipalities of Lipsk, Dąbrowa Białostocka and partly Sztabin) speak a local dialect of Belarusian (called by them "prosty jazyk" - "the simple language"). The people there belong to the Orthodox or Roman Catholic church. On the north bank of the upper Biebrza there are also a few villages where so called "old-believers" live, who speak an archaic dialect of Russian. Some of these communities preserved much of their traditional culture in spite of a long lasting communist government policies aimed at assimilation of non-Polish cultural and linguistic minorities.

ee also

* Biebrza National Park
* Augustów Canal
* Rivers of Poland

External links

* [http://bialowieza-biebrza.org/ Natural tourism (birdwatching) in Biebrza National Park]
* [http://bialowieza.bialowieza.pl/serwer.map/index.html Topographical maps 1:50 000]
* [http://www.radzilow.com Radzilow - Town running along the Biebrza]


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