The New Student's Reference Work/Vistula

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See also Wisła on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.


Vis′tula, a river of Europe which rises in Austrian Silesia and, crossing Russian Poland and Prussia, flows into the Baltic Sea at Dantzic.  It is navigable to Cracow, 550 miles, and 100 miles below its source.  At Vistula in Silesia there are falls of 200 feet.