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	Vistula Definition / Vistula Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Vistula (Polish Wisła), is the longest river in Poland.
		The Vistula has its source in the south of the country, at Barania Góra (1220m high) in the Beskidy MountainsBeskidy Mountains (Beskid Mountains, Beskidy, Beskydy, Beskids) is a series of mountain ranges in the eastern Czech Republic, northwestern Slovakia, and southern Poland, along the border between Poland and the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
		Vistula is a mountain stream with a steep gradient.
	www.elresearch.com /Vistula (752 words)

	excur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Westerplatte is the place famous for the heroic defence of peninsula by 182 Polish soldiers against German forces in September 1939.
		Malbork is a town on the eastern arm of the Vistula - Nogat delta., 60 km from Gdańsk.
		Frombork is a town on the Vistula Bay, 100 km from Gdańsk.
	www.orbis.incoming.pbp.com.pl /scripts/excur.php?Dat=gdansk (350 words)

	GOTHS - LoveToKnow Article on GOTHS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the case of the Goths a connection with Gotland is not unlikely, since it is clear from archaeological evidence that this island had an extensive trade with the coasts about the mouth of the Vistula in early times.
		Though by this time the Goths had extended their terri~tories far to the south and east, it must not be assumed that they had evacuated their old lands on the Vistula.
		Jordanes records several traditions of their conflicts with other Teutonic tribes, in particular a victory won by Ostrogotha over Fastida, king of the Gepidae, and another by Geberic over Visimar, king of the Vandals, about the end of Constantines reign, in consequence of which the Vandals sought and obtained permission to settle in Pannonia.
	27.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GO/GOTHS.htm (7148 words)

	The Vistula Lancers (Uhlans) - 'The Picadors of the Hell' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On March 20th 1808 the Regiment of Vistula Uhlans was formed from the Cavalry Regiment of the Polish-Italian Legion (Regiment de Cavalerie de la Legion Polacco-Italienne).
		In 1812 Jan Konopka, colonel of the Vistula UHlans became commander of the Young Guard branch of the Guard Lancers.
		On 14 August 1802 Belleville was captain-quartiermaster in the Uhlan Regiment of the (Plish) Danube Legion.
	web2.airmail.net /napoleon/Polish_Vistula_Uhlans.html (3727 words)

	SLAVS - LoveToKnow Article on SLAVS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		These Slays occupy the main mass of the Balkan Peninsula downwards from the Julian Alps and the line of the Muhr, Drave and Danube, North of this all three races have considerable settlements in southern Hungary.
		Roughly speaking, the eastern half of the peninsula is held by the Bulgarians, some 5,000,000 in number, the western half by the Serbo-Croats, of whom there must be about 8,000,000.
		Romance speakers, had conquered the Slays upon the Danube and driven them to the Vistula, for the place that the name of Trajan has in Slavonic tradition, and for the presence of an agricultural population, the Sarmatae Limigantes subject to the nomad Sarmatae (q.v), on the Theiss.
	45.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SL/SLAVS.htm (10496 words)

	Explore - Part 6
		The Polish section of the peninsula, stretching for 90 kilometers from the border to Gdansk, constitutes abroad spit of sand, partially wooded, which closes off the Bay of the Vistula and is dissected in three places by the natural and artificial channels of the River Vistula as it enters the Baltic.
		Further inland, in Gdansk's hinterland, as it were, is the triangle of Zulawy, bordered on two sides by tributaries of the Vistula.
		This region is the only depressed lowland in Poland, a place where the local inhabitants have been struggling against the elements since the 13th century, gradually turning the original landscape of flood lakes, fenland and damp forest into highly productive polders crisscrossed by canals and protected by floodbanks.
	www.poloniatoday.com /explore6.htm (1377 words)

	History of Lithuania Balts Slavs Slavonic Sarmatia Sarmatian Prussia East Nord Scandinavia Nation book
		Because of the influence of inhabitants of the Semba Peninsula and the Lower Nemunas, in the 4th - 6th c.c.
		In the antiquity, inhabitants of the Semba Peninsula and of the whole coastal part between the mouth of the Vistula and Liepaja gained a very special, outstanding position in the world of the Balts thanks to trade in then very popular amber.
		The specific position of the Neris basin the region between the Vistula and Finnish Gulf predetermined the formation of the feudal Lithuanian state.
	www.lietuvos.net /istorija/east_balts (3692 words)

	Bliujiene
		Since it is known that the Goths left the lower Vistula region in the second century, it is possible to assume that the area where the west Balts collect drift amber includes the lower Vistula region, Samland and coastal Lithuania.
		The lower Vistula region, Samland and the coast of Lithuania abounded in drift amber (Katinas, 1983, p.
		Kuiavia region was at the crossroad of transit routes between the Oder and the Vistula rivers and a spot of natural salt springs into the bargain.
	www.pgm.lt /Gintaras/Bliujiene_a.en.htm (6698 words)

	WEH Kanton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pomerania (Pomorze) is a historical and geographical region in northern Poland stretching along the Baltic coast from the German frontier in the west as far as the lower Vistula valley.
		The lower Vistula Valley is notable for its castles like Lidzbark and its here where Toruń, the most finest surviving Gothic town in the country is located.
		The Hel Peninsula is a unique on a national scale natural and landscape attraction and some call it the longest pier in Europe.
	www.polandguangzhou.com /en/content/print/257.htm (582 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Europe
		The region of the Mediterranean, that is the Iberian Peninsula, Provence, Italy to the foot of the Alps, and the Balkan Peninsula south of 42 deg.
		The peninsula and islands lying south of Norway and Sweden form the third Scandinavian state, Denmark, that controls the entrance to the Baltic.
		The Iberian Peninsula is divided between Portugal and Spain; Portugal, a country lying on the ocean and having a great maritime past, has an area of 43,363 sq.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05607b.htm (7597 words)

	History (from Vistula River) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Since early Stone Age times the river served both as a trade route and as a means of expansion, from both north and south, for various peoples and cultures.
		The Nogat, the eastern distributary of the Vistula River delta, is the principal river entering the...
		Winding from the Carpathian Mountains of southern Poland to form a giant letter S, the Vistula River flows 664 miles (1,069 kilometers) to its delta near Gdansk on the Baltic Sea.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-34491 (855 words)

	BALTIC 2001 - An internet-based conference on environmental issues in the Baltic Sea Region, with a special emphasis on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Water carried by Vistula was divided into three parts via: the Nogat, the Szkarpawa and the Gdansk Vistula.
		A part of the Gdansk Vistula was cut by sailing sluice (flood-gate) to protect the river from sedimentation.
		The Vistula peninsula caused the decrease of the marine functions of the region.
	www.beids.de /baltic2001/paper10.html (3327 words)

	From The Encyclopedia Britannica
		East of the Vistula River, Europe's expansive lowlands have something of the scale and character of those of northern Asia, but the continent also comprises numerous islands, some--notably the Faeroes and Iceland--located at a distance from the mainland.
		The major peninsula of Scandinavia is mostly upland and highland, with its relief greatest at the descent to the Norwegian fjords and the sea; eastward and southward the seas are approached more gently.
		The Scandinavian Peninsula and the North European Plain account for four-fifths of the area of lakes; and in Finland lakes cover one-fifth of the surface.
	www.geography.uc.edu /~weisner/courses/216/britannica.html (6497 words)

	Gdansk - Environment
		Gdansk is located on the shore of the Gdansk Bay at the mouth of the Vistula River.
		The Vistula flows from the mountains in southern Poland across Poland, and 26 million people live in its catchment area.
		It is separated from the Baltic Proper by the Hel peninsula, which limits the exchange of water.
	www.valt.helsinki.fi /projects/enviro/cities/gda/gda_envi.htm (505 words)

	History of THE BALKANS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Whereas Spain and Italy are clear geographical regions, defined in the north by mountain ranges, the third peninsula projecting south into the Mediterranean is more amorphous.
		The Adriatic and Ionian seas define the Balkan peninsula on the west, and the Aegean and the Black Sea on the east.
		After the collapse of the empire of the Huns, in the 5th century, the Slavs begin to expand their territory.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac79 (442 words)

	[Jerzy Dyczkowski page - Birding in Poland] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Przegalina meadows are within the Vistula ditches on the Mikoszewo bank, extending for a few kilometers to the North from the ferry.
		The village of Władysławowo is at the base of the peninsula.
		Most birdwatchers on the Hel peninsula seawatch and look on the meadows but it is worth mentioning that singing Greenish Warblers are regulary seen in woods of the Hel peninsula (and in other places in the bay, too).
	www.birding.gt.pl /gdansk.html (1990 words)

	Warsaw Voice - Reclaiming Nature
		Habitat was dying off in the Vistula Bay, which on pre-war maps went by the name "Fresh Bay." The Hel Peninsula was also environmentally threatened towards the end of the 1980s.
		In the Vistula Bay, IM is cooperating with the Maritime Fishing Institute (MIR) in measuring fish stocks.
		The institute is drafting a plan to recultivate the Vistula Peninsula, to restore its "freshness." Poland agreed to resolve this issue under the terms of the Helsinki Convention, and IM is cooperating with the administrative body of the convention, the Helsinki Commission.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /archiwum.phtml/12931 (1297 words)

	2.5 Introduction to the History of Norden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Around 5,000 B.C. pottery came into use, indicating new methods to store food (Ertebølle culture); and marks of wheat in the pottery suggest the beginning of agriculture, however established archaeology defines the Ertebølle culture as a hunter/gatherer culture which came to persist for centuries beside the agricultural villages of the Pit-pottery (trattbägar) culture.
		Agriculture is believed to have reached Denmark and the southern Scandinavian peninsula approximately 4,200 B.C. with wood-burning technique, wheat, barley, sheep, goats, pigs and cows.
		With increasing trade it didn't last long until bronze (the alloy of copper and tin) was produced in Denmark and on the Scandinavian peninsula.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/nordic-faq/part2_NORDEN/section-4.html (6248 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is the youngest resort in the peninsula situated in the pine forest with a beautiful beach and a 300 meters long pier.
		There are sandy beaches and dunes with pine forest on the sea side and only narrow beaches on the bay side of the peninsula.
		Hel Peninsula is a very attractive summer resort region with some well known fishery ports.
	www.amw.gdynia.pl /pta/Something.html (346 words)

	Wikinfo \| Pomerania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pomerania (Pomeranian/Kashubian: Pòmòrze, Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania,) is the historical region on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea centered around the mouth of River Oder on the present-day border between Poland and Germany, reaching from River Reknitz in the west to River Vistula in the east.
		This was the first time that the country split: the Eastern part, along Vistula River remained subject to Poland, while Western Pomerania tended to remain independent and pagan.
		Since the wealth of the province arose from trade and the main trade route for the country was the Vistula river.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Pomerania (4459 words)

	Guadiana River Basin - UNEP/DEWA~Europe > Publication > Freshwater in Europe
		It constitutes one of the three main drainage units of the Iberian Peninsula shared between Portugal and Spain.
		The Alqueva is the largest and one of the newest dams in the Iberian peninsula.
		The Alqueva dam, located on the Portuguese section of the Guadiana River, is one of the biggest dams in the Iberian Peninsula.
	www.grid.unep.ch /product/publication/freshwater_europe/guadiana.php (660 words)

	CHAPTER XXIX: PHYSICAL FEATURES
		The coast west of the mouth of the Isonzo is fringed by lagoons, and has the same character as the Venetian coast, while the Gulf of Trieste and the Istrian peninsula have a steep coast with many bays and safe harbours.
		The principal rivers are: the Danube, the Dniester, the Vistula, the Oder, the Elbe, the Rhine and the Adige or Etsch.
		All the rivers belong to the watershed of the Danube, with the exception of the Poprád in the north, which as an affluent of the Dunajec flows into the Vistula, and of a few small streams near the Adriatic.
	www.mek.iif.hu /porta/szint/tarsad/tortenel/mo_1867/austria/html/data/chap29.htm (4531 words)

	SCC Forums > The Goths/Visigoths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They were settled for some time in the Vistula Basin (called Gothiscandza by Jordanes), from where they migrated towards the south-east.
		At its greatest extent, before their defeat at the Battle of Vouillé 507, the Visigothic kingdom included all of the Iberian peninsula except for small areas in the north (belonging to the Basques) and in the northwest (the Suevi kingdom), plus Aquitania and Gallia Narbonensis in Gaul.
		Among the Catholic population of the peninsula, deep splits had led to the martyrdom of the ascetic Priscillian of Avila by orthodox Catholic forces in 385, and the following generations suffered persecution as "Priscillianist" heretics were rooted out.
	www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t4012.html (3489 words)

	History of Hel - Castles of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are also records that tell about less fair methods of gaining profit by the inhabitants of peninsula, especially, because those lands were excellent shelter for all kinds of cutthroats.
		So Hel was under rule of Gdansk for long years and managed by one of its mayors.
		In 1936 based of decree of the president of Poland access to the city and peninsula was partially limited - Fortified Region Hel was built there - strategic defensive point.
	www.castlesofpoland.com /prusy/hel_hist_en.htm (795 words)

	3rd International Symposium on Functioning of Coastal Ecosystems in Various Geographical Regions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the Antarctic Peninsula region the overall dominance of animals of the Oncaeidae family was established.
		This indicated the Vistula river waters are the general source of uranium of material and anthropogenic origin in Gdańsk Basin.
		On the basis of the obtained results it was ascertained that parasites in the estuary of the Vistula river have better conditions to the development than in the vicinity of Hel.
	www.ocean.univ.gda.pl /konfer/3rd/AbstraktyP.html (13349 words)

	Warsaw Voice - Welcome to Krynica Morska
		The northern part of the peninsula, surrounded by the Bay of Gdańsk, has splendid and wide sandy beaches with white dunes covered by aromatic pine forests.
		The eastern part of the peninsula is surrounded in the south by the calm waters of the Vistula Lagoon, which is rich in fish and offers excellent conditions for sailing and ice boating.
		The charm of this place is the result of harmony between land and water, forest and open space, and peace and quiet contrasted with the power of the waves.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /view/8390 (298 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Gulf of Gdansk is the southernmost extension of the eastern Gotland Basin, conventionally delimited by the line between Cape Rozewie in Poland and Cape Taran of the Sambian Peninsula in the Kaliningrad Region.
		Vistula delivers 15% of nitrogen and 19% of phosphorus discharged to the Baltic Sea from all land sources.
		This high contribution from the Vistula River is due to the nature of its catchment: 60% of the area is used for agriculture and 27% of the total population of the Baltic drainage area inhabits it.
	www.uni-rostock.de /andere/wvu/Texte/Abstracts.htm (11745 words)

	Pomerania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers, reaching the Reknitz river in the west.
		Pomerania is the area along the Baltic Sea between the Vistula, Notec, Warta and Odra rivers.
		The Baltic forms the Bay of Pomerania, Szczecin Bay, Gdansk Bay with Bay of Puck, and Vistula Bay along the coast.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Pomerania.htm (926 words)

	Tour of Northern Poland - Part 3
		The eastern part, closer to the Vistula valley remained under Polish control until the partition of Poland at the end of the 18thC, then returned to Poland after World War I. After World War II the entire region returned to Poland.
		The entire coast of Pomerania is lined with white sand beaches and summer resorts, the most popular are those along the 34km long Hel peninsula, close to the modern port city of Gdynia.
		The Hel peninsula is also accesible by frequent ferries from Gdynia and Gdansk
	www.biega.com /npolandtour3.html (980 words)

	The American Muslim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After the decline of the Roman Empire, the Visigoths from Eastern Europe invaded the Peninsula and seized control of the fifth century.
		The battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, in which the Muwahhid were expelled from Spain was followed by a steady decline among Muslim states of the peninsula.
		All these dates should be recalled, and utilized for the purpose of rehabilitating Islam on the Iberian peninsula, and also to repeal any such laws that still prevail in the Americas.
	www.theamericanmuslim.org /2002nov_comments.php?id=144_0_16_0_C (1415 words)

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