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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vistula Lagoon Frombork is a town in northern Poland, situated on Vistula Bay in the Warmia i Mazury voivodship with a population of 2700 (in 2000). Bays The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf) is sundered from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit and belongs to Lithuania and Russia. The bay is enclosed by a large curve of the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania in Poland (Cape Rozewie, Hel Peninsula) and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia (Sambian peninsula). www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vistula-Lagoon   (787 words)

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vistula The Leniwka is a river, one of the branches of the Vistula. The Szkarpawa is a river, in the Vistula delta, one of the branches of Vistula. The Sanna is a tributary of the Vistula in Poland. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vistula   (5737 words)

Spit (landform) A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at a cove, bay, ria, or river mouth. Spits are formed by the movement of sediment (typically sand) along a shore by a process known as longshore drift. If the supply isn't interrupted, and the spit isn't breached by the sea (or, if across an estuary, the river) the spit may become a bar, with both ends joined to land, and a lagoon behind the bar. www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sp/spit__landform_.html   (289 words)

Vistula Lagoon Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The Vistula Lagoon (Polish: Zalew Wiślany; Russian: Калининградский залив or Kaliningradskiy Zaliv; German: Frisches Haff; Lithuanian: Aismarės) is a fresh water lagoon on the Baltic Sea cut off from Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit. It is sometimes known as the Vistula Bay or Vistula Gulf. The lagoon is a mouth of a few branches of the Vistula River, notably the Nogat, and the Pregolya River. www.hallencyclopedia.com /Vistula_Lagoon   (404 words)

network ecotourism - en In Poland, it is called the Vistula Spit. The spit as a geomorphological feature of the southern Baltic Sea was created after the last Ice Age from the sand masses brought by the Vistula. The Russian part of the Vistula Spit is no less interesting and unspoilt, but at the moment it is a military zone and not yet officially accessible. www.network-ecotourism.de /en/frish_en.htm   (378 words)

Vistula Lagoon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography The Vistula Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf) is the sweet (fresh) water lagoon on the Baltic Sea that is cut off from Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit. It takes a few branches of Vistula, notably Nogat and Pregolya rivers and is connected to Gdańsk Bay by the Strait of Baltiysk. Politically the Vistula Lagoon is split between Poland and Russia. www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Vistula_Bay   (206 words)

tScholars.com | Vistula Spit The Vistula Spit (Template:Lang-pl; Template:Lang-de; Russian: Балтийская коса) is a spit, or peninsular stretch of land cutting the Vistula Lagoon off from Gdańsk Bay. Until the 13th century, the spit had navigable straits in the middle, which allowed the city of Elbing (ElblÄ g), part of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, direct access to the Baltic Sea. The natural closing of the straits in the late 13th century ended Elbing's status as an important seaport and motivated the Teutonic Knights to conquer Eastern Pomerania with its port city of Gdańsk (Danzig). www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Vistula_Spit   (162 words)

Sand spit - South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at a cove, bay, ria, or river mouth. Spits are formed by the movement of sediment (typically sand) along a shore by a process known as longshore drift. If the supply isn't interrupted, and the spit isn't breached by the sea (or, if across an estuary, the river) the spit may become a bar, with both ends joined to land, and a lagoon behind the bar. sand-spit.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Sand_spit   (660 words)

...:Castle - Hotel Karnity :...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Vistula Spit (Mierzeja Wi¶lana) is a centuries old strip of sand dunes overgrown with deciduous and pine trees. The climate of Vistula Spit which is conducive to the health of respiratory tract, circulation and nervous systems, is a great advantage of the spit. The white fleet of Vistula Spit invites for cruises to Frombork, Elbl±g and Kaliningrad. www.karnity.pl /karnity/index1.php?co=11f&lan=us   (336 words)

Visit3city --__-- The Vistula Plain (Żuławy) and the Vistula Spit (Mierzeja Wiślana), Visit3city --__-- The Vistula Plain (Żuławy) and the Vistula Spit (Mierzeja Wiślana), The Vistula Spit (Mierzeja Wiślana) is a natural phenomenon - a sandbar peninsula created over the past 5000 years from sand carried by ocean currents. The Vistula Lagoon (Zalew Wiślany) is an unusual body of water, with both the features of a lake and a sea bay, and is 90km in length. www.visit3city.pl /strony_en/menu_77_kategoria_200.html   (425 words)

Jantar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The west part of spit contacts with the Vistula Delta Plain and the east part of it is separated from land by the Vistula Lagoon. In the basemment of the Vistula Spit they occur in situ at the depth 110 m b.s.l. Thus the Vistula River outlet is the western boundary of amber occurrences. www.stegna.ug.gov.pl /jantarcd/txt_ang/tomczak.htm   (408 words)

Gdańsk Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The western part of Gdańsk Bay is formed by the shallow waters of the Bay of Puck and the southeastern part is the Vistula Lagoon, separated by the Vistula Spit and connected to the open sea by the Strait of Baltiysk. The Bay of Gdańsk receives the waters of the River Vistula directly via three branches -- the Leniwka, the Śmiała Wisła, and the Martwa Wisła -- and indirectly via the Vistula Lagoon with 2 branches: the Nogat and the Szkarpawa. The first forms the Bay of Puck while the latter defines the Vistula Lagoon, accessed through the Strait of Baltiysk. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gdansk_Bay   (187 words)

vistula spit - Information from Reference.com There are no dictionary entries for vistula spit, but vistula, spit are spelled correctly. Vistula Spit (Mierzeja Wiślana) is a centuries old strip of sand dunes overgrown The climate of Vistula Spit which is conducive to the health of... www.reference.com /search?q=vistula%20spit&r=d&db=web   (273 words)

Vistula - South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) East of the Vistula mouth were the areas inhabited by the Baltic speaking tribes generally identified with the historical Aestians: Galindians, Sudovians and Borusci. The Vistula river used to be connected to the Dnieper River, and thence to the Black Sea. The Vistula, due to the Ostsiedlung and its location near or in historical eastern Germany, also was well-known in Germany and surrounding countries by the German name Weichsel, in medieval German documents spelled Wissel, Wixel etc. vistula.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Vistula   (1011 words)

Maritime Vortal: port, harbour, polish maritime companies, inland shipping, shipbuilding industry, ship, morred, ... For the greater part it consists of a narrow strip of land known as Vistula Spit, which forms the NW side of Vistula Lagoon. On the Vistula Lagoon there is Katy Rybackie Light-buoy fl and white stripes, cross top mark) moored 1.5 miles ESE of harbour entrance. The boats from the beach harbour have been transported by lorry to the port of the side of Vistula Lagoon, for fishing during the season. www.maritime.com.pl /ports/indexp-en.php?url=katy/katy_rybackie-en.php   (538 words)

Vistula Spit - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography Vistula Spit - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Vistula Spit contains research on Vistula Spit, Geography of Poland and Baltic Sea. www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Vistula_Spit   (150 words)

Warsaw Voice - Reclaiming Nature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) 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. 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. Gdańsk Bay, along with the adjacent Vistula Spit and Puck Bay, used to be the most environmentally endangered parts of the Baltic. www.warsawvoice.pl /archiwum.phtml/12931   (1297 words)

Gdansk Bay - Definition, explanation The Bay of Gdańsk; (also known as the Gdańsk Bay or Gulf of Gdańsk; in Polish Zatoka Gdańska; in German Danziger Bucht) is a southeastern bay of the Baltic sea enclosed by a large curve of the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania; in Poland (Cape Rozewie, Hel Peninsula) and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia (Sambian peninsula). The western part of Gdansk Bay is formed by the shallow waters of the Bay of Puck and the southeastern part is the Vistula Lagoon, separated by the Vistula Spit and connected to the open sea by the Strait of Baltiysk. The Bay of Gdansk receives the waters of the River Vistula directly via three branches -- the Leniwka, the Smiala Wisla, and the Martwa Wisla -- and indirectly via the Vistula Lagoon with 2 branches: the Nogat and the Szkarpawa. www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/g/gd/gdansk_bay.php   (259 words)

Vistula Spit - enyclopaedia article about Vistula Spit Vistula Spit - enyclopaedia article about Vistula Spit Summary: Vistula Spit (Polish Mierzeja Wislana; German Frische Nehrung) is a peninsular stretch of land cutting Vistula Lagoon off from Gdansk Bay. Vistula Spit (Polish Mierzeja Wislana; German Frische Nehrung) is a peninsular stretch of land cutting Vistula Lagoon off from Gdansk Bay. www.pro-researcher.co.uk /encyclopaedia/english/vistula_spit   (130 words)

The Coastline The Vistula Split’s entire coastline is characterized by flat sandy beaches that are perfect for sunbathing as well as active relaxation. Centuries ago forests were the greatest wealth of the Vistula Spit. In the forests that cover the area of the Spit, pine is predominant but one can also find oak, beech and spruce. domek-letniskowy.pl /ENG/beach.html   (359 words)

Implementation of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plans (ICZMPs) for the Vistula and Szczecin Lagoons of Poland This area consists of communes adjoining the Vistula Lagoon and communes which exert direct influence on its waters, or else are heavily influenced by the Lagoon. The coastal zone of the Vistula Lagoon - the TA is a very sensitive and valuable natural and cultural ecosystem, with highly diversified biological structure and considerable biodiversity. Commercial sea ports in Kaliningrad and Elblag, marine industry, and industries which benefit from the vicinity of ports (mainly in the Kaliningrad region), sea fishing (on the Russian side) and fishing in the Vistula Lagoon (on the Polish side) or intensified tourism in the Polish part of the Vistula Spit, could be mentioned as examples. www.eeac-net.org /workgroups/bled/presentations/pres_pol.htm   (3697 words)

~~Polish Dunes~~   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The Hel Spit it is peninsula about 36km long on East part of Polish coast - between big Gulf of Gdansk [2], smaller Puck Lagoon [2] and Baltic sea [1]. Only end of the spit [6] is wider one, where accumulation still occurs [7] - with wide dune ridges system. Many parts of the spit are endangered by flood during strong storm surges. polishdunes.szc.pl /hel.html   (132 words)

vistula spit - Information from Reference.com As of 1985, the Vistula Spit, a narrow stretch of land between the Baltic Sea... Vistula spit originated from a system of mouth marine bars,... Vistula Spit area were the subject of various analyses... www.reference.com /search?db=web&q=vistula%20spit&start=10   (264 words)

network ecotourism - en The Curonian spit - a land of mighty dunes and unspoilt nature. The old, reed-covered wooden fishermen’s houses, with their traditional brownish-blue colour, fit harmoniously into the spit landscape. Because of its cultural value, the entire Curonian spit was put on the list of UNESCO world heritage sites in the year 2000. www.network-ecotourism.de /en/kult_en.htm   (362 words)

Warsaw Voice - The Pearl of the Polish Coast The Vistula Spit, with Krynica Morska as its center, has luxurious hotels, cozy individual tourist homes, and holiday centers and private rooms. As of 1985, the Vistula Spit, a narrow stretch of land between the Baltic Sea and the Vistula River Bay, has been recognized as an official Scenic Park. The superb location of Krynica Morska, between the waters of the Baltic Sea and the Vistula River, is perfect for those who like a variety of holiday activities. www.warsawvoice.pl /archiwum.phtml/6227   (727 words)

Bambooweb: Vistula Spit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The Vistula Spit (Polish: Mierzeja Wiślana; German: Frische Nehrung) is a peninsular stretch of land cutting Vistula Lagoon off from Gdansk Bay. Until the 13th century, the Spit had navigable straits in the middle, which allowed the city of Elblag (at this time part of the Teutonic State) direct access to Baltic Sea. Natural closing of the straits in late 13th century eliminated Elblag as an important sea port and motivated the Teutonic Order to invade Polish Pomerania, with its port city of Gdansk. www.bambooweb.com /articles/v/i/Vistula_Spit.html   (106 words)

The Warsaw Voice - Green   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) 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. 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. Gdañsk Bay, along with the adjacent Vistula Spit and Puck Bay, used to be the most environmentally endangered parts of the Baltic. www2.warsawvoice.pl /old/v378/Green02.html   (1297 words)

Vistula Lagoon - enyclopaedia article about Vistula Lagoon Vistula Lagoon - enyclopaedia article about Vistula Lagoon Summary: Vistula Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf) is the sweet water lagoon on the Baltic Sea that is cut off from Gdansk Bay by the Vistula Spit. It takes few branches of Vistula, notably Nogat and Pregola rivers and is connected to Gdansk Bay by the Strait of Baltiysk. www.pro-researcher.co.uk /encyclopaedia/english/vistula_lagoon   (223 words)

www.Zalew.org.pl Having in mind the idea of taking advantage of numerous values that regions located at the Vistula Lagoon and the Vistula Spit are characterised by, in 1996 six local commune administrations founded the Municipal Union of Communes Located at the Vistula Lagoon. SEA COAST: On the Vistula Spit one may encounter magnificent sandy beaches from the side of the Baltic. The terrains around the Vistula Lagoon (Zalew Wiślany) make it possible to organise interesting trips by canoes, yachts, ships and hydrofoils, thanks to the marked out water trails on the dense net of rivers and navigable canals as well as on the Vistula Lagoon. www.zalew.org.pl /english.phtml   (3521 words)

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