San (river)
| San | |
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 San River, Sanok, 2005
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| Countries | Poland, Ukraine |
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| Part of | Vistula River |
| Source | |
| - location | , Bukovec Mountains, Ukraine |
| - elevation | 900 m (2,953 ft) |
| - coordinates | 49°00′19″N 22°52′43″E / 49.00528°N 22.87861°E |
| Mouth | Vistula River |
| - location | Dąbrówka Pniowska, Sandomierz Basin, Poland |
| - coordinates | 50°44′15″N 21°50′43″E / 50.73750°N 21.84528°ECoordinates: 50°44′15″N 21°50′43″E / 50.73750°N 21.84528°E |
| Length | 443 km (275 mi), S → N |
| Width | 10 km (6 mi) |
| Basin | 16,861 km2 (6,510 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 124 m3/s (4,379 cu ft/s) |
 San River in Vistula watershed
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The San (Polish: San; Ukrainian: Сян Sian; German: Saan) is a river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, a tributary of the Vistula River, with a length of 443 km (it is the 6th-longest Polish river) and a basin area of 16,861 km2 (14,390 km2 of it in Poland).
San, in proto-Indoeuropean languages, means "speed" or "rapid stream." In Celtic languages, San means "river."
The San arises in the Carpathian Mountains near the village of Sianky, at an elevation of 900 metres, exactly on the Polish-Ukrainian border (49°00′10″N 22°52′30″E / 49.00278°N 22.87500°E) and on the continental watershed, and forms the border between Poland and Ukraine for approximately its first 50 km. Poland's largest artificial lake, Lake Solina, was created by a dam on the San River near Lesko.
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