Narew

The Narew is a 499-kilometer (310-mile) river in north-eastern Poland that is also a tributary of the Vistula. The Narew is one of Europe's few braided rivers, so named because of the twisted courses that resemble braided hair. The river runs in western Belarus for around 57 kilometers (35 miles). The Narew runs through the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Bialoruskie geographical region of Europe, which includes the Podlaskie Voivodeship and Masovian Voivodeship of Poland, as well as the Hrodna Voblast of Belarus.

The Bugonarew, Narwio-Bug, Narwo-Bug, Bugo-Narew, Narwobug, or Narwobug is another name for the section of the river between the confluence with the Western Bug and the Vistula. The Bug is 1.6x longer, drains a 1.4x bigger basin, and has a slightly higher average discharge at the confluence at Zegrze. As a result, the Bugonarew was frequently regarded a tributary of the Bug, and the Narew was a right tributary of the Bug. Soon after the construction of the Zegrze Reservoir, Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz banned the name Bugonarew on December 27, 1962. Since then, the Bug has been regarded as an official tributary of the Narew, with the Bug being a left tributary of the Narew (by this classification, the River Narew is a right tributary of the River Vistula). However, the term Bugonarew is still used, particularly by residents of nearby towns such as Putusk.

Total Length: 301 miles