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San river

San
River
Sanok2005.jpg
San River, Sanok, 2005
Countries Poland, Ukraine
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 / 49.00528; 22.87861
Mouth Vistula River
 - location Dąbrówka Pniowska, Sandomierz Basin, Poland
 - coordinates 50°44′15″N 21°50′43″E / 50.73750°N 21.84528°E / 50.73750; 21.84528Coordinates: 50°44′15″N 21°50′43″E / 50.73750°N 21.84528°E / 50.73750; 21.84528
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)
Vistula river map.png
San River in Vistula watershed

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 / 49.00278; 22.87500) 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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