What is Warta?
{{Infobox river | name = Warta River | image = Wartakw.jpg | image_size = 300px | image_caption = Warta River near [[Wronki]] | source1_location = Kromołów, part of [[Zawiercie]],<br>[[Kraków-Częstochowa Upland]]| | mouth_location = [[Oder]] River at [[Kostrzyn nad Odrą|Kostrzyn]] | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|52.5986|N|14.6103|E|source:kolossus-plwiki|display=it}} | progression = [[Oder]]→ [[Baltic Sea]] | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Poland | length = {{convert|795|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|379|m|ft|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|216|m3/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|54520|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} }} The '''Warta''' ({{lang-de|Warthe}}; {{lang-la|Varta}}) is a [[river]] in western-central [[Poland]]. It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Oder river]]. It is about {{convert|808|km|mi}} long. The Warta is Poland's third longest river. Its [[river basin]] is {{convert|54529|km2|mi2}}. It is connected to the [[Vistula]] by the river [[Notec|Noteć]] and the [[Bydgoszcz Canal]] (''Kanał Bydgoski'') near [[Bydgoszcz]]. == Course == The Warta river starts in the [[Kraków-Częstochowa Upland]] at Kromołów near [[Zawiercie]] in the [[Silesian Voivodeship]]. It [[wikt:flow|flows]] through [[Łódź Voivodeship]], [[Greater Poland]] (Wielkopolska), and [[Lubusz Voivodeship]]. It empties into the Oder river in a town called [[Kostrzyn nad Odrą]], on the border with [[Germany]]. The Warta's river basis was the original territory of Poland. The [[Polans (western)|Polans]] [[tribe]] ({{lang-pl|Polanie}}) lived there starting in the [[8th century]] (700 CE). The Polish [[national anthem]], ''[[Mazurek Dąbrowskiego]]'', mentions the Warta in its second verse. [[File:Źródło Warty.JPG|thumb|Chapel at the Warta source in Kromołów, Zawiercie]] [[File:Warta spod mostu sw Rocha.jpg|thumb|Warta River in Poznań]] [[File:Warthe.JPG|thumb|Warta River near Kostrzyn]] == Cities == The Warta river runs through many di