| Lusatian Neisse | |
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| Origin | Jizera Mountains |
| Mouth | Oder |
| Basin countries | Czech Republic, Poland, Germany |
| Length | 252 km |
| Basin area | 4,297 km² |
The Lusatian Neisse (Czech: Lužická Nisa; German: Lausitzer Neiße; Polish: Nysa Łużycka; Sorbian: Łužiska Nysa) is a river in the Czech Republic (54 km) and along the Polish-German border (198 km), in total 252 km long. The Jizera or Izera Mountains (Jizerské hory Isergebirge Góry Izerskie are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic The Oder (known in Czech and Polish as Odra) is a River in Central Europe. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Görlitz ( is a town in Germany on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. Zgorzelec is a town in south-western Poland with 33278 inhabitants (2004 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. The Sorbian languages are classified under the Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It is a left tributary of the Oder River, into which it flows near Gubin. The Oder (known in Czech and Polish as Odra) is a River in Central Europe. Gubin may refer to Gubin Poland, a town on the Polish-German border Gubin Bosnia and Herzegovina, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina It originates in the Jizera Mountains near Nová Ves nad Nisou. The Jizera or Izera Mountains (Jizerské hory Isergebirge Góry Izerskie are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic
In 1945 it became the Polish western border to Germany as a result of World War II (see Oder-Neisse line). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Oder-Neisse line (Granica na Odrze i Nysie Łużyckiej Oder-Neiße-Grenze was drawn in the aftermath of World War II as the eastern border of Germany and Due to this fact it is the most notable of the three rivers called Neiße (German) or Nysa (Polish) and therefore is often simply called Neisse.
Cities and towns on the river: