Poland Geography is marked by a long unbroken plain that runs from the
Baltic Sea in the North to the
Carpathian Mountains in the south. There are obviously variation in the terrain of
Poland Geography which generally runs in band from the Eastern side to the West. The total area of
Poland Geography is 312,683 square kilometers and it stretches689 kilometers from east to west and 649 kilometers from north to south. Poland is surrounded by the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south,Ukraine and Belarus to the east, Germany to the west, and Lithuania and the Russian province of Kaliningrad to the northeast.
The country of Poland covers five different
Geographical regions, which include the Baltic sea coast which lies in the North West. The Baltic Coast stretches from the Bay of Pomerania to the Gdansk Gulf and is covered by coastal lakes and dunes. The Szczecin Lagoon, the Bay of Puck, and the Vistula Lagoon indent this more or less straight coast line. Parts of North and Center lie in the
North European Lowlands and rising from these Lowlands is a hilly region which includes four districts which were formed during the
Pleistocene ice age, these Districts are:
- Kashubian Lake District,
- Pomeranian Lake District,
- Masurian Lake District
- Greater Polish Lake District,
The regions of Silesia and Masovia are located at the South of the North European Lowlands and are marked by river Valleys .
A major feature of
Poland Geography is its
rivers and mountains. There are a number of rivers and its tributaries that flow through the
territory of Poland. The most important rivers and their tributaries include:
- Vistula
- Angrapa
- Bug
- Warta
- Oder
- Lyna
- Czarna Hancza
The mountains in Poland include:
- Gorce Mountains
- Bieszczady Mountains
- Carpathian range
- Beskids
- Karkonosze
