Oleśnica (river)

Oleśnica
Oleśniczanka
Oleśnica; Oleśniczanka
	The Oleśnica River near Brzezia Łąka
Location
Country	Poland
Region	Oleśnica County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Drogoszowice
• coordinates	51°20′37″N 17°29′51″E / 51.34363°N 17.49753°E
• elevation	202 m.a.s.l.
Mouth
• location	near Śliwice
• coordinates	51°06′54″N 17°12′30″E / 51.11487°N 17.20846°E
• elevation	118 m.a.s.l.
Length	43.49 km
Basin features
Cities	Oleśnica
Tributaries
• left	Potok Boguszycki

The Oleśnica (pronounced: [ɔlɛɕˈɲit͡sa]; German: Oelsbach^[1]) is a 43.49-kilometre-long (27.02 mi)^[2] river that is the longest right-bank tributary of the Widawa River.^[3]^[4]

Course

It flows in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in the Oleśnica and Wrocław counties. Its sources are located in the Twardogórskie Hills near Drogoszowice.^[1] It flows through the town of Oleśnica and the villages: Sokołowice, Smardzów, Raków, Brzezia Łąka.^[5] It flows into the Widawa River west of the town of Brzezia Łąka. One of the river's tributaries is Potok Boguszycki.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Nienałtowski, Marek (2010-04-19). "Rzeka Oleśnica w historii miasta – wybrane zagadnienia" [The Oleśnica River in the history of the city – selected issues]. www.olesnica.org (in Polish). Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
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^ Wolnicz-Pawłowska, Ewa; Duma, Jerzy; Rieger, Janusz (2006). Nazewnictwo geograficzne Polski. Tom 1. Hydronimy. Część 1. Wody płynące, źródła, wodospady (in Polish). Warsaw: Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii. p. 193. ISBN 83-239-9607-5.
^ ^a ^b "Oleśnica River". Mapy.cz (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-11-12.
^ "Oleśnica na mapie Geoportalu Polskiej Infrastruktury Informacji Przestrzennej". geoportal.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-11-12.