River
Pilica
319 km from source to mouth · Poland.
PolandFlows into Vistula9th longest in Poland
In numbers
Length
319km
Average flow
49m³/s
Basin
9,245km²
Drop
188m
from 281 m to 93 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
319 km of river and 18 stops on the way: 8 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 281 m
- 25 kmSzczekociny3,841 people
- 28 kmKrztyniatributary
- 49 kmKoniecpol6,318 people
- 79 kmCzarnatributary
- 99 kmPrzedbórz3,765 people
- 112 kmSurdęga Castle
- 134 kmCzarna Koneckatributary
- 141 kmSulejów6,332 people
- 145 kmLuciążatributary
- 164 kmSulejowski Reservoir17 km²
- 171 kmTomaszów Mazowiecki67,197 people
- 174 kmWolbórkatributary
- 181 kmTadeusz Buk Bridge
- 229 kmNowe Miasto nad Pilicą3,856 people
- 229 kmDrzewiczkatributary
- 249 kmMogielankatributary
- 265 kmBiałobrzegi7,328 people
- 297 kmWarka11,048 people
- 319 kmVistulaat 93 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Poland
At the mouth it carries 49 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 51 seconds. It drops from 281 m to 93 m, 0.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 9,245 km², about the size of CY. 779,000 people live in it. Highest water: from March to May; lowest: from January to February. Its dams hold back little of its water (6.1% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- Tomaszów MazowieckiLargest city on its banks · 67,197 people
- Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 47 km from the cityCar hire at WAW airport (Warsaw)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water35 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe14 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Pilica, month by month
Highest water: from March to May
Lowest water: from January to February. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): January. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 25 m³/s in the lowest month to 85 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Pilica: the basin in numbers
9,138 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 779,000people live in the basin
- 85/km²people per km²
- 215maverage altitude of the basin
- 589mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 7.6°Caverage air temperature
- 16%protected areas
- 0.3%covered by lakes
- 0.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 26% Forest
- 46% Cropland
- 12% Pasture
- 3% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Pilica: what you find on the way
- 32WeirsJaz Wodny Konewka and 31 more
- 14Canoe put-insMiejsce wodowania kajaków Szczekociny, Miejsce wodowania kajaków Koniecpol, Miejsce wodowania kajaków Maluszyn and 11 more
- 16Boat rampsPrzystań kajakowa, Punkt wodowania Taras and 14 more
- 3Ferry piersTratwa Winduga
- 9MarinasPrzystań dla kajakarzy, Port Jachtowy "u Łysego", Port jachtowy "U Sołtysa" and 6 more
- 11River beachesPlaża Miejska, Plaża naturystyczna, Plaża Karolinów and 8 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Pilica in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1lake on its wayLakeyas
4mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Sulejowski Reservoirkm 13717km²
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Mountains at the source (4)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Góra Janowskiego6.5 km away516m
- Straszykowa4.7 km away
- Góra Zamkowa2.9 km away
- Zbączysko4.4 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Pilica in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
VistulaPoland1,047 km1,100 m³/sTributaries (15)
Also: Rykolanka, Krztynia, Czarna Konecka, Czarna, Drzewiczka, Słomianka, Wolbórka, Luciąża, Mogielanka, Białka, Zwlecza, Pierzchnianka, Uniejówka, Dyga, Luboczanka
Nearby
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Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q750418) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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