Kamienna (river)

The Kamienna at Baltow

The Kamienna is a left tributary of the Vistula in Poland. It rises about 13 kilometers west of Szydłowiec at Antoniów in the Masovian Voivodship, but occurs after a short run in the Province of the Holy Cross, where she turns to the southeast, passing through the Kielce mountains, the cities Skarżysko - Kamienna Wąchock, Starachowice Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Ćmielów flows through, then turns to north and from Bałtów to continue to flow in a north-easterly direction until it empties into Kępa Piotrowińska shortly after her re-entry in the Masovian Voivodship after a run of 138 km in length in the Vistula. The catchment area is given as 2007.9 km ². The average bed is at the mouth of 10 m³ / s The Valley of the Kamienna follows for long stretches a railway line.