Geography of Poland
Poland, officially Republic of Poland, a country of eastern Europe. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea, Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
See more »Explore the geography of Poland, its economy and people, and learn about major cities such as Krakow, Warsaw and Gdansk.
Lodz, Poland, the capital of Lodzkie province. Lodz is the second largest city in Poland. See more »
Poland, officially Republic of Poland, a country of eastern Europe. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea, Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
See more »Bydgoszcz, Poland, a city near the Vistula River, about 140 miles (225 km) northwest of Warsaw.
See more »Galicia, a region in southeastern Poland and the western portion of Ukraine. Lumbering and farming are the main occupations; oil and natural gas are the leading resources.
See more »Gdańsk, Poland, one of the nation's largest cities and the capital of Pomorskie province.
See more »Gdynia, Poland, a city and a major seaport on the Gulf of Gdańsk, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
See more »Katowice, Poland, the capital of Slaskie province. The city lies about 160 miles (257 km) southwest of Warsaw in Upper Silesia, a major industrial and coal-mining region.
See more »Kraków, or Cracow, Poland, one of the nation's largest cities and the capital of Malopolskie province.
See more »Lodz, Poland, the capital of Lodzkie province. Lodz is the second largest city in Poland.
See more »Lublin, Poland, the capital of Lubelskie province. It is a commercial and industrial center in a productive agricultural and lignite-producing area in the southeastern part of the country.
See more »Poznań, pôz'nän-y', Poland, the capital of Wielkopolskie province. It is on the Warta River, a tributary of the Oder, almost midway between Warsaw and Berlin.
See more »Silesia,a historic region of east-central Europe. It occupies the upper valley of the Oder River and is bounded on the south and west by the Sudeten Mountains.
See more »Sosnowiec, Poland, a city in Slaskie province, about 155 miles (250 km) southwest of Warsaw.
See more »Warsaw (Polish:Warszawa, vär-shä'vä), Poland, the country's capital and largest city.
See more »Wroclaw, Poland, the capital of the Dolnoslaskie province. The city was formerly called Breslau.
See more »Zabrze, Poland, a city in Slaskie province, about 160 miles (257 km) southwest of Warsaw.
See more »Szczecin, Poland, the capital of Zachodniopomorskie province. It lies near the German border on the Oder River, some 40 miles (64 km) south of the Baltic Sea.
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