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How much sediment does the Vistula River carry to its mouth each year?
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Vistula River
The Elbe, Oder, and Vistula river basins and their drainage network.
The Vistula River carries more than two million tons of sediment to its mouth annually. To manage this, engineering efforts—such as the excavation of a cut near Świbno and the extension of controlling embankments into the open sea—were implemented to facilitate the removal of this debris and prevent its accumulation at the river's outlet.1