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.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Poland
- Also known as: “Skawa River”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Saint James the Less church in Palczowice and Zator train stop.
Saint James the Less church in Palczowice
Church
Zator train stop
Railway stop
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smolice and Jankowice.
Skawa
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.03333° or 50° 2′ north
Longitude
19.45° or 19° 27′ east
Elevation
218 metres (715 feet)
Open location code
9F2X2CMX+8X
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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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