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Topic: Wieprz River


  
  ..:: ANNALES UMCS ::..
Spatial differentiation and seasonal variability of mineral nitrogen concentration were ana-lysed in the Wieprz river basin on the basis of the data from the Provincial Inspectorate of Environment Protection in Lublin.
Because of agricultural character of the land waters of rivers are under the influence of surface washings connected with participation and agricultural chemicalization.
In the Wieprz river tributaries the biggest changes were recorded in Łabuńka river waters loaded by sewage from Zamość, where the concentration of ammonium nitrogen increased 8-fold.
www.annales.umcs.lublin.pl /B/2002/08.html   (481 words)

  
 Roztocze National Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Quaternary are present as a thin layer in the Wieprz valley and Zwierzyniec Basin.
The main watercourse of the Central Roztocze and the Park is the Wieprz river.
The Park stretch of the river is classified as class II of water purity.
www.mos.gov.pl /kzpn/en/rozt_gb.htm   (891 words)

  
 Tarnawatka Commune - POWIAT TOMASZOWSKI
This commune is located in the Central Glen (Roztocze Środkowe) and Grzęda Sokalska; the border is marked by a strip of water dividing the catchment areas of River Wieprz and River Bug.
Wieprz is the most important independent river in the Lublin area - and it is here, at Lake Wieprzowe, that has its source.
At a distance of 700 metres from the village - in the meadows of Wieprz Valley - there is an archaeological post referred to as the "stately castle".
www.powiat-tomaszowski.com.pl /index.php?gminy,76,1,0,en,0.html   (490 words)

  
 Chełm Official Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The region between the Wieprz River and the middle reach of the Bug river with Volhynia Polesie ["Woodlands"] in which Chełm lies is a borderland between Maritime Western Europe (Lublin Uplands in the west and south) and continental Eastern Europe (mainly plains in the Lublin Polesie in the east and north).
They are drained by right-bank tributaries of the Wieprz River and left- bank tributaries of the Bug River including the Uherka River on which Chełm is located.
In the bottom of the waterlogged valley of this river crisscrossed with a network of ditches, peat bogs and karst hollows are common, being periodically filled with water and in the nearby Chełm Knolls, particularly in the divide of the Wieprz and Bug Rivers, not infrequently water springs occur.
www.um.chelm.pl /ver_english/natural.htm   (854 words)

  
 Lubartow gminy of Lubelskie, Poland
It is located on the Lubartow plateau, and the Wieprz river valley forms the eastern part of the region and here there are large areas of meadows and pastures, as well as some wetlands.
To the west of the road it is arable land, and to the east it is meadows descending to the river Wieprz.
To the east of the settlement, the land is the flat flood plain of the Wieprz river.
www.rootsweb.com /~pollubel/plubar/lubar4j10.html   (2622 words)

  
 Kock gminy of Lubelskie, Poland
The southern border of the gmina is formed by the rivers Tysmienica in the west and the Wieprz in the east.
A scattering of farmsteads to the south of the minor highway 808 and west of the lakes of the Czarna river.
The town sits on the east bank of the Czarna river, which forms a series of large lakes at this point, on wetlands just to the north of the confluence of the Czarna, Tysmienica and Wieprz rivers.
www.rootsweb.com /~pollubel/plubar/lubar4j1.html   (1039 words)

  
 Gmina Milejów   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The primary river is the Wieprz, which lazily meanders through the gmina.
There is a wood on the southwestern side of the village, the Wieprz river on the northeastern side and woods on the other side of the river.
There is a backwater of the river on this side of the river, parallel to the river.
milejow.media-studio.pl /?menu=english   (1350 words)

  
 Jeziorzany gminy of Lubelskie, Poland
To the south is the river, to the east and west there are wetlands, and there is a large wood to the north.
Across the road, to the south, is a meander of the Wieprz river.
There is a ford in the river at this point, and one of the villages sources of income was a crossing tax.
www.rootsweb.com /~pollubel/plubar/lubar4j2.html   (1021 words)

  
 Russia
On the north, the Russian fortress guns broke the enemy; but on the west, in the difficult river country, where the Russian field artillery was protected by a couple of broad streams from the longer-ranged German ordnance, the infantry battle was indescribable.
The Russian troops with their field-guns withdrew across the Wkra River, and fought in the angle between that stream and the larger breadth of water formed by the confluence of the Bug and the Narew, with the still wider expanse of the Vistula protecting them on the south.
Lutzk was lost, and Brody and Dubno, and the line of the Strypa River, and the enemy began to press strongly against the Galician railway junction of Tarnopol and the main Russian southern fortress of Rovno.
www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Russian_Battery/Fortress_01.htm   (14331 words)

  
 Study on the Horizontal Transport of Some Radionuclides in the Wieprz River Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
CHIBOWSKI, A. horizontal transport of radionuclides was studied by the analysis of surface soil samples from preglacial valleys of Wieprz river and its bottom sediments.
Along the river 34 sampling sites were selected, where soil (points B and C) and sediment samples (point A) from river bed were collected.
The increase of their concentration at the upper course of the river results from the difference in the morphology of this area.
hermes.umcs.lublin.pl /users/radchem1/home/1999/SCh3.htm   (501 words)

  
 "The Way of Gaja's Warrior"
During these 45 little investment or judgement was applied towards managing the resources of the river basin in a manner that would protect its ecological and cultural values and to sustain its resources for future generations.
Between Warsaw and Sandomierz where the San river joins with the Wisła is a very important ecological area for many species, particularly a stopping ground for migrating birds.
The Vistula river is polluted and threatened by further dam development.
www.zb.eco.pl /GB/18/gaja.htm   (3334 words)

  
 Bibliography of Cesium 137 Studies Related to Erosion And Sediment Deposition
Radioactivity in sediments of the Karnaphuli River Estuary and the Bay of Bengal.
The importance of floodplain sedimentation for river sediment budgets and terrigenous inputs to the oceans: Insights from the Brahmaputra-Jamunsa River.
Co in Columbia River sediments from Hanford to the Columbia River Estuary.
hydrolab.arsusda.gov /cesium/Cesium137bib.htm   (8816 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The gmina is located on the the Lubartow Plateau and in the Wieprz river valley.
A ribbon development village along the east bank of the river Wieprz.
This village follows the eastern bank of the Wieprz river.
www.serniki.lubelskie.pl /s_english.html   (658 words)

  
 Polish History - Part 10
Britain proposed the Curzon Line (on the Bug River) as the eastern border for Poland, which if accepted, would have left millions of Poles outside their homeland and under Russian rule.
The battle, ultimately victorious, continued from August 12 to August 15 on the outskirts of Warsaw, with a Polish counter-offensive being launched from the area of the Wieprz River on August 16.
The Peace of Riga concluded on March 18, 1921, establishing Poland's eastern border on the Zbrucz River, providing for payment of reparations to Poland and stipulating the return of the cultural treasures looted by Russia during the time of the partitions.
www.poloniatoday.com /history10.htm   (1167 words)

  
 Interesting information about the region...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Formidable old forests all around, a gorge of the wild Wieprz river, are acknowledged to be national heritage.
In former pantry room there is in a unique way displayed an exhibition of minerals and fossils from the area between Wisła and Bug rivers.
In the cow-shed a gallery is located: minerals, fosiils as well as masterworks of masters from Roztocze made of wood, stone, clay, metal and on canvas.
www.guciow.pl /region-e.htm   (589 words)

  
 Relationet VI SO 41 X RU
In the early middle ages the Chełm Region was connected with the Lędzian tribes and the Dulebów - Bużan - Volhynian tribes, being under the influence of the little state of the Vistulans with its centre in Krakow and the Rus state forming at that time.
However, archaeological finds prove that in the period from the 6th to the 10th centuries the area between the Wieprz and Bug Rivers was inhabited by pre-Polish population and from the middle of the 10th century it was already included within the Gniezno state of the Polanie.
Chełm was an important political and administrative centre in the Kingdom of Poland, being the capital of the land and the county comprised in it (with the Lubomel and Ratneńskie counties situated on the other side of the Bug River as well as an enclave containing the Hrubieszów county and Kryłów volost).
viso41ru.blogspot.com   (3789 words)

  
 Magdeburg Sting 1936 - Part VI
Polish attempt to defend the Bug river line with 4th Army and Group Poleska units stopped the advance of the Red Army for only one week.
On August 10, 1920, Russian Cossack units under the command of Gay Dimitrievich Gay (sometimes called by Poles Gaj-Chan (pronounced "Guy Khan")) crossed the Vistula River, planning to take Warsaw from the west that is from the direction opposite to that of the attacking main Soviet forces.
Tukhachevski ordered a general retreat toward the Western Bug River, but by then he had lost contact with most of his forces near Warsaw, and all the bolshevik plans had been thrown into disarray by communication failures.
www.minelinks.com /war/meeting.html   (1762 words)

  
 Monitoring of radon concentration in the old town of Sandomierz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Wieprz river with its drainage basin of more than ten thousand square kilometers occupies central part of Lublin region.
The change of composition and properties of soil down the river influences the radionuclide transport from soils to river sediment and downwards the soil profile as well.
Down the whole Wieprz River four points were selected, where the soil profile was exposed (near the riverbank) down to 40 cm (with 5-cm layers).
hermes.umcs.lublin.pl /~radchem1/home/2000/AK_g2.htm   (316 words)

  
 Battle Of Warsaw
When Brest Litovsk fell on August 1st and Bug River was crossed by the Soviets the last river barrier before Vistula and Warsaw was broken through.
Only when on the third day he left for Warsaw to coordinate actions of armies attacking from the capital and from Wieprz River, the tempo of the pursuit lessen.
Pilsudski defeated Red Army again in September in Battle of the Niemen River and in October in Battle of the Szczara River.
www.hetmanusa.org /engarticle1.html   (3710 words)

  
 who?
Having grown up on the picturesque Wieprz River, from his early childhood,he has observed its slow degradation.
This river and its trees, together with the woods of Szczebrzeszyn neighborhood, became for him the "barometer" of slow, but systematic degradation of the environment.
Having grown up in the vicinity of the Wieprz River, I observed its slow degradation.
www.kingart.pl /who.php   (575 words)

  
 Podstawy Natura 2000
Since then similar works have been made in the other parts of the river, at the time of preparing this issue, works on another part will have strated — from a water reservoir in Nilisz to the estuary of the River Świnka (excluding the part with a road bridge in Oleśniki).
Hundreds of trees and bushes were cut down, river banks were destroyed by heavy machinery.
Some changes, though, were undetectable due to the fact that the river bank overgrew.
www.ekolublin.pl /old/english/wieprz2000.htm   (329 words)

  
 KORMAN :: Hotel :: bicycle tour :: accommodation :: bed and breakfast :: by the sea :: cheap room's
           Cenral Kashubia lies between the Wieprz river valley and Gdańsk Bay.In the north it is bounded by the proglacial stream valleys of the Łeba and the Reda, while in the south it ends at the Bory Tucholskie Forest and the Kociewo region.
The “Jar Raduni”(Radunia Canion) Reserve is in place reminiscent of a fast highland river flowing in a deep gorge.The Radunia Ravine,stretching for several kilometers,has steepbanks up to 30 m high.They are overgrown with a beautiful,mixed forest.
This consists of fourteen beautiful lakes.The Radunia River flowing towards Gdańsk, flows through the following of these lakes: The Stężyckie, Raduńskie Górne, Raduńskie Dolne, Kłodno,Małe Brodno, Wielkie Brodno and Ostrzyckie.This is one of the most attractive water-ways in Kashubia,over 40 km long.
www.korman.pcbird.pl /kashubia2.html   (739 words)

  
 New York Dance & Arts Innovations
Grzegorz Król has always been fascinated by the natural surroundings of Szczebrzeszyn, Poland, where he was born in 1957 – by the woods of the Roztocze and the nearby meadows and fields.
Growing up next to the picturesque Wieprz River, he observed its slow degradation during his childhood.
This river and its trees, together with the forests of the Szczebrzeszyn neighborhood, serve him as the barometer of the slow but thorough degradation of the environment.
www.nydai.org /fest2006/festival_event11.asp   (542 words)

  
 Numerical system of description of river basins
This type of condition allows for preserving the ``assumed'' degree of generalization of the outflow net projection which is a very valuable feature especially in the comparative hydrographic studies and when a model of a unit geomorphological hydrogram is applied Sivapalan, M. and E. Wood, 1990.
The method of anamorphic map construction mentioned earlier consists in a special type projection that is a representation of the two- or three-dimensional variation of the basin onto the pixel size that is an equivalent of the profile that closes the basin.
Paszczyk, J. An attemp for numerical analysis of the basin spatial structure (on an example of the Wieprz and Bystrzyca Lubelska river basins): Przeglad Geofizyczny, v.
biotop.umcs.lublin.pl /users/jlpas/nsdrb/nsdrb.htm   (3271 words)

  
 HyperWar: "The German Campaign in Poland (1939)" [Part III]
ordered to seize the river crossings into the city but to avoid becoming involved in a major engagement in the city itself, where house-to-house fighting would be costly in casualties and would prevent the disengagement of the corps when the expected order to resume the march to the southeast was received.
Tenth Army was directed to move the IV Corps across the river and in the direction of Lublin, to support the advance of Fourteenth Army on that city and its junction with Army Group North.
Hitler's order to withdraw to the demarcation line of the Narew-Vistula-San Rivers was communicated to the army groups on 20 September and necessitated a move far to the west of the line of 17 September.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/DAP-Poland/Campaign-III.html   (20448 words)

  
 History of Galicia and Volhynia second half of 13th century. Historical notes about medieval political history of ...
At the river Horyn (Goryn), khan Telebuga was met with presents by duke Mstislav of Volhnynia.
At Peremyl (now a small town on the south east of Volyn region in Western Ukraine) on the river Lypa Telebuga was greeted with presents by Vladimir (son of Vasylko) and at Buzhkovychi (today a village further east from Peremyl) khan was welcomed by Leo (son of Daniel) of Galicia.
Bilhorod (today Bilhorod Dnistrovsky) at Dniester's mouth, was a city colonized from Galicia by the river, being a key trading post of Galician principality on the Black Sea during 13th century.
www.personal.ceu.hu /students/97/Roman_Zakharii/gal.htm   (3613 words)

  
 PolishRoots - Geography & Maps
A city on the left bank of the Wieprz River, in the District of Zamosc.
Szczebrzeszyn with it adjoining suburbs of Blonie (of Zamosc), clings lengthwise along the Wieprz River to the manorial farm of Bodaczow, Zarzecze and Szperowka, with its manorial farms, which since 1876 belonged to the Justice of the Peace, Branch I in Zamosc.
On the area surrounding the picture are river stones, with several coats of arms, and Latin writing, which is very obliterated.
www.polishroots.org /slownik/szczebrzeszyn.htm   (3487 words)

  
 Deblin, Poland (Insert to the Yizkor Book)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Demblin (Demblin-Irena) is located in central Poland, 90 kilometers south-east of Warsaw, at the northern side of the inflow of Wieprz, a tributary river of Wisla, district Lublin.
The camp was situated next to the railway tracks to Lublin, Radom and Warsaw, 100 meters from fortress Balony, 200 meters from the river Wieprz and 150 meters from the airport.
A few hundred prisoners tried to escape to the river Wieprz in order to meet the approaching Red Army.
www.jewishgen.org /yizkor/deblin/Deb573.html   (1706 words)

  
 China History Forum, chinese history forum > Polish Battle of Thermopylae
The Polish headquarters prepared a plan to counter-attack the Red Army on its left flank from the Wieprz River area, in what became known as the Battle of Warsaw.
To gather enough forces for the offensive, Gen. Józef Piłsudski, Polish Commander in Chief, ordered all available units to move to the Wieprz area and withdrew a number of formations from the Polish Southern Front, leaving only two-and-a-half infantry divisions to oppose the 12th Red Army and Budyonny’s cavalry.
The city of Lwów was left with merely token forces defending the Upper Bug river line against three Russian armies (9th, 13th and 14th).
www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t11772.html   (1013 words)

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