Waterway of the Middle Vistula (Wisła) and the Bug

Abstract

In this paper was characterized the fragment of the east-west waterway from Płock to Terespol, composed of the section of the Vistula measured from 633^rd kilometer (the backwater end of Włocławek Reservoir) to 520^th km (Warsaw), Żerań Canal including a fragment of Zegrze Reservoir and the lower part of the Bug up to 282^nd km (Terespol). Hydrological and geomorphologic conditions of both sections of the river-beds and the state of their regulation infrastructure were presented in the aspect of existing navigation conditions and causes of their limitations. It was stated that both the river-beds, i.e of the Vistula and the Bug over their analyzed sections, have not fulfilled the requirements determined by the waterway classification standards.