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Vistula River
The Elbe, Oder, and Vistula river basins and their drainage network.
The Vistula River originates in southern Poland on the northern slopes of the western Beskid range. Its source is located approximately 15 miles south of the city of Bielsko-Biała at an altitude of 3,629 feet (1,106 metres).1