Skawa
The Skawa is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula. Originating in the Western Carpathians, the Skawa is 96 kilometres long and drains 1,160 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Poland
- Also known as: “Skawa River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint James the Less church in Palczowice and Zator train stop.
Saint James the Less church in Palczowice
Church
Photo: Jacek Daczyński, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint James the Less church in Palczowice is situated 3½ km south of Skawa.
Zator train stop
Railway stop
Photo: Dariusz Sieczkowski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Zator train stop is a railway stop, which is situated 4 km southwest of Skawa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smolice and Jankowice.
Smolice
Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smolice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zator, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Jankowice
Village
Photo: Mdzidek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jankowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Babice, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Olszyny
Village
Olszyny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Babice, within Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village has an approximate population of 750.
Skawa
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Skawa” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Skawa”
- Cebuano: “Skawa”
- Chinese: “斯卡瓦河”
- Dutch: “Skawa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سكوا”
- Estonian: “Skawa jõgi”
- Estonian: “Skawa”
- French: “Skawa”
- German: “Skawa”
- Greek: “Σκάβα”
- Hebrew: “סקאווה”
- Ido: “Rivero Skawa”
- Irish: “Skawa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skawa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skawa”
- Norwegian: “Skawa”
- Polish: “Skawa”
- Spanish: “Río Skawa”
- Ukrainian: “Скава”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skawa”. Photo: Slawojar, CC BY-SA 3.0.