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{{Infobox river | name = Dunajec | name_other = | image = Widok z Trzech Koron w Pieninach, 20231014 1446 2508.jpg | image_caption = Dunajec viewed from [[Trzy Korony]] | source1_location = confluence of [[Czarny Dunajec]] and [[Biały Dunajec_(river)|Biały Dunajec]] | source1_coordinates= | mouth_location = [[Vistula]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50.2431|N|20.7283|E|source:kolossus-plwiki|display=it}} | progression = {{RVistula}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Slovakia]], [[Poland]] | length_km = 249 | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|85.5|m3/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size_km2 = 6796 }} The '''Dunajec''' ({{IPA|pl|duˈnajɛt͡s}}; Goral dialects: ''Dónajec''; {{IPA|sk|ˈdunajet͡s}}) is a [[river]] running through northeastern [[Slovakia]] and southern [[Poland]]. It is also regarded as the main river of the Goral Lands. It is a right [[tributary]] of the [[Vistula]] River. It begins in [[Nowy Targ]] at the junction of two short mountain rivers, [[Czarny Dunajec]] and [[Biały Dunajec_(river)|Biały Dunajec]] (Black and White Dunajec). Dunajec forms the border between Poland and [[Slovakia]] for {{convert|17|km}}<ref name=yearbook/> in the [[Pieniny]] Środkowe (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) [[Mountain range|range]], east of the [[Czorsztyn]] [[reservoir]]. ==Geography== The Dunajec is {{convert|249|km}} long, including its source river [[Czarny Dunajec (river)|Czarny Dunajec]],<ref name=yearbook>[http://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/en/defaultaktualnosci/3328/2/17/1/statistical_yearbook_of_the_republic_of_poland_2017.pdf Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017], [[Central Statistical Office (Poland)|Statistics Poland]], p. 85-86</ref> which makes it Poland's thirteenth longest river. It has a [[drainage basin|basin area]] of {{convert|6,796|km2}} ({{convert|4,838|km2|disp=sqbr|abbr=values}} in Poland, and {{convert|1958|km2|disp=sqbr|abbr=values}} in Slovakia).<ref name=yearbook/> On the Slovak-Polish border, the Dunajec flows through the [[Zamagurie]] region, with attractions such as the [[Dunajec River Gorge]], the [[Trzy Korony]] [[massif]] with a {{convert|500|m|ft}} [[precipice]], [[Červený Kláštor]], and two [[Pieniny]] castles in [[Czorsztyn]] and [[Niedzica Castle|Niedzica]]. Below the two source streams, the Dunajec flows through a broad valley called Nowotarska Basin. It then supplies the waters of the dam in [[Niedzica]] (Jezioro Czorsztyńskie Lake) and the dam in [[Sromowce Wyżne]] (Sromowce Wyżne reservoir). Flowing through the central part of the [[Pieniny]] range, it creates a picturesque turn at the Polish Slovak border between [[Sromowce Wyżne]] and [[Szczawnica]], where it flows by [[Kotuńka]] rock which differentiates the area from the over parts of the river. Further down, it turns to the north into the Western [[Beskids|Beskid]] Mountains, and Sądecka Basin (where it merges with its own largest tributary, the Poprad river). It flows across an open valley of the Beskid Foothills and falls down across [[Rożnów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Rożnów]] Foothills (with two more dams: the Jezioro Rożnowskie Lake, and Jezioro Czchowskie Lake) and finally, it leads into the [[Sandomierz]] Basin and the valley of Vistula Lowlands. The Dunajec flows into the [[Vistula River]] in the vicinity of [[Opatowiec]]. == Towns and townships == [[File:Pieniny-map2.png|thumb|upright=2.5|Dunajec in the [[Pieniny]] Środkowe [[Mountain range|range]] (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) forming a 27 km border between Poland and Slovakia]] The Dunajec flows through or near these locations in Poland and north Slovakia: {| cellspacing="3" |- | valign="Top" | * '''Dunajec River''' ** [[Spišská Stará Ves]] ** [[Majere (village)|Majere]] ** [[Lechnica]] ** [[Červený Kláštor]] ** [[Lesnica, Stará Ľubovňa|Lesnica]] ** [[Nowy Targ]] ** [[Maniowy]] ** [[Czorsztyn]] ** [[Szczawnica]] ** [[Krościenko nad Dunajcem]] ** [[Łącko, Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Łącko]] ** [[Stary Sącz]] ** [[Nowy Sącz]] ** [[Gródek nad Dunajcem]] ** [[Czchów]] ** [[Zakliczyn]] ** [[Wojnicz]] ** [[Tarnów]] ** [[Żabno]] | valign="Top" | * '''Biały Dunajec''' (tributary) ** [[Zakopane]] ** [[Poronin]] ** [[Biały Dunajec]] ** [[Szaflary]] ** [[Nowy Targ]] * '''Czarny Dunajec''' (tributary) ** [[Kościelisko]] ** [[Czarny Dunajec]] ** [[Nowy Targ]] |} ==Gallery== <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px" perrow="5"> File:Niedzica Castle, Niedzica-Zamek village, Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.jpg|[[Niedzica Castle]] with the [[Czorsztyn Castle]] ruins in the background File:CervenyKlastor11Slovakia6.JPG|Dunajec and the [[Trzy Korony]] Mountain File:A MG 5185 Panorama.jpg|Dunajec in autumn File:Przełom Pieniński a1.jpg|[[Dunajec Gorge]] in the [[Pieniny]] mountains File:Szczawnica Dunajec 3.jpg|Dunajec in [[Szczawnica]] File:Nowy Sącz zza Dunajca.JPG|Dunajec in [[Nowy Sącz]] File:20170814 Jezioro Rożnowskie z Tabaszowej 5398 DxO.jpg|[[Lake Rożnów]] File:Roznow zapora.jpg|Rożnów dam File:Zamek Tropsztyn - ZJ001.jpg|[[Tropsztyn Castle]] File:Czchów i Dunajec, kwiecień 2021.jpg|[[Czchów Castle]] </gallery> ==See also== {{Commons category|Dunajec}} * [[Dunajec River Gorge]] * [[Rivers of Poland]] * [[Rivers of Slovakia]] * [[1934 flood in Poland]] * [[Dunajec river castles]] ==References== <references /> * [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/173574/Dunajec-River Dunajec River at Encyclopædia Britannica] {{Vistula}} {{Tributaries of the Vistula}} {{Polish rivers}} {{Hydrography of Slovakia}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Dunajec basin| ]] [[Category:Rivers of Slovakia]] [[Category:Rivers of Poland]] [[Category:Rivers of Lesser Poland Voivodeship]] [[Category:Poland–Slovakia border]] [[Category:International rivers of Europe]] [[Category:Border rivers]] [[Category:Braided rivers in Europe]]
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