San (river)

Coordinates: 50°44′15″N 21°50′43″E / 50.73750°N 21.84528°E / 50.73750; 21.84528
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San
San River in Solina
San River in Vistula watershed
Location
CountryPoland (457 km), Ukraine (1 km)
Physical characteristics
SourceUzhok Pass
 • locationPiniashkovy Mount, Bukovec Mountains, Ukraine
 • coordinates49°00′19″N 22°52′43″E / 49.00528°N 22.87861°E / 49.00528; 22.87861
 • elevation900 m (3,000 ft)
MouthVistula
 • location
Dąbrówka Pniowska, Sandomierz Basin, Poland
 • coordinates
50°44′15″N 21°50′43″E / 50.73750°N 21.84528°E / 50.73750; 21.84528
Length458 km (285 mi), S → N
Basin size16,877 km2 (6,516 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average129 m3/s (4,600 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionVistula→ Baltic Sea
Monument erected at the spring of San river, on Ukrainian-Polish border.
Leakage from the Lake Solina
Midsummer fire (Sobótka) at San river

The San (Polish: San; Ukrainian: Сян Sian; German: Saan) is a river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine. It is a tributary of the river Vistula. With a length of 458 kilometres (285 mi), the San is the 6th-longest Polish river. It has a basin area of 16,877 km2, of which 14,426 km2 is in Poland.[1]

Etymology

*San in proto-Indo-European languages means 'speed' or 'rapid stream'. In Celtic languages, san means 'river'.[2][3][4][5][6]

Course

The San arises in the

artificial lake, Lake Solina, was created by a dam on the San River near Lesko
.

The San flows into the Vistula near Sandomierz.

Tributaries

Left tributaries

  1. Wołosaty
  2. Solinka
  3. Hoczewka
  4. Osława
  5. Sanoczek
  6. Baryczka
  7. Wisłok

Right tributaries

  1. Czarna
  2. Olszanka
  3. Tyrawka
  4. Stupnica
  5. Wiar
  6. Wisznia
  7. Rada
  8. Shklo
  9. Lubaczówka
  10. Lubienia
  11. Trzebośnica
  12. Tanew
  13. Bukowa

History of the region

Historical records first mention the river in 1097 as Sanъ, reku Sanъ, k Sanovi; then as nad Sanomъ (1152) and Sanu (1287). On the old maps of the Ruthenian Voivodeship, Poland 1339–1772 it was referred to as "San" (1339), San (1372), "Szan" (1406), "Sanok" (1438), "Saan" (1439), "Sayn" (1445), "San" (1467), "Szan" (1517), and "Schan" (1526).[8]

Humans had first settled the southeastern region of present-day Poland (the

Puchov culture)[9]
overran the area. After the fall of the Roman Empire,
Hungarians
and Slavs invaded the area.

The San

Casimir III of Poland
.

During the years 966–1018, 1340–1772 (the

Galicia
.

State Anthem of Ukraine (which describes Ukraine as extending from the San to the Don) and the March of Ukrainian Nationalists (which calls for a Ukraine from the San to the Caucasus). The Poland–Ukraine border
today follows the San for approximately the first 50 km of its course.

The San River, which has seen many battles in its history, was a battle site at the beginning of World War II in 1939. At the outset of the German invasion of Poland, Polish forces attempted to defend a line along the San from September 6, until German forces broke out of their bridgeheads on September 12.

Cities

See also

References

  1. Statistics Poland
    , p. 85-86
  2. Polska Akademia Nauk
    ). 1981. p. 49.
  3. ISBN 83-04-02472-1
    S. 64.
  4. ^ "An adouci en san, eau, rivière; stach, sinueux, qui tourne. Allusion au cours sinueux de la Charente". op. cit. Antiq. de France. [in:] Revue des ëtudes historiques. Société des études historiques. 1835. p.242.; Senne, nom propre de rivière. - Scène, ». L liou on l'on joue. — Seine, sf, sorte de «lot. 17. Cen», sm, impôt. — San, np Sen», sm, jugement [...]". [in:] Dictionnaire de pédagogie et d'instruction primaire. Ferdinand Edouard Buisson. 1883. p. 980.
  5. ^ "Le terme sawn « cleft, gully » est rapproché du breton san, saon s.f. « aqueduct, san-dour »." Études celtiques. Société d'Éditions "Les Belles Lettres", 1985 p. 337.
  6. ^ "La racine san est à la base des patronymes: Sangnier, Sagne, Sagnolle, Lassassaigne et Delassassaigne dont un ancentre a habitè près d'un marais." [in:] Paul Bailly. Toponymie en Seine-et-Marne: noms de lieux. Editions Amatteis, 1989. p. 77.
  7. ^ "PLFOTO - internetowe forum fotograficzne". Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. ISBN 83-88385-14-3
    . V. 2. San
  9. ^ "It is possible to separate the group of La Tène culture (Celtic settlement) in the Upper Tisza Basin. For the time being there are about 160 sites noted. They can be divided into several distinct categories which include the following: settlements, production areas, sepulchral sites, i.e., burial grounds and single graves as well as various hoards (deposits of coins and tools). Moreover, there are three oppida:
    Anarti tribe and the group from southeast Poland as the Anartophracti, which is a part of the former." [in:] Marek Olędzki. La Tène culture
    in the Upper Tisza Basin =La Culture de la Tene dans le Bassin de la Haute Tisza. Ethnographisch-archaeologische Zeitschrift. ISSN 0012-7477

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