Dunajec
Dunajec viewed from Trzy Korony
Location
Country	Slovakia, Poland
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Vistula
• coordinates	50°14′35″N 20°43′42″E / 50.2431°N 20.7283°E / 50.2431; 20.7283
Length	249 km (155 mi)
Basin size	6,796 km2 (2,624 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	85.5 m3/s (3,020 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Vistula→ Baltic Sea

The Dunajec (Polish pronunciation: [duˈnajɛt͡s]; Goral dialects: Dónajec; Slovak pronunciation: [ˈdunajet͡s]) is a river running through northeastern Slovakia and southern Poland. It is also regarded as the main river of the Goral Lands. It is a right tributary of the Vistula River. It begins in Nowy Targ at the junction of two short mountain rivers, Czarny Dunajec and Biały Dunajec (Black and White Dunajec). Dunajec forms the border between Poland and Slovakia for 17 kilometres (11 mi)^[1] in the Pieniny Środkowe (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) range, east of the Czorsztyn reservoir.

The Dunajec is 249 kilometres (155 mi) long, including its source river Czarny Dunajec,^[1] which makes it Poland's thirteenth longest river. It has a basin area of 6,796 square kilometres (2,624 sq mi) (4,838 [1,868] in Poland, and 1,958 [756] in Slovakia).^[1] On the Slovak-Polish border, the Dunajec flows through the Zamagurie region, with attractions such as the Dunajec River Gorge, the Trzy Korony massif with a 500 metres (1,600 ft) precipice, Červený Kláštor, and two Pieniny castles in Czorsztyn and Niedzica.

Below the two source streams, the Dunajec flows through a broad valley called Nowotarska Basin. It then supplies the waters of the dam in Niedzica (Jezioro Czorsztyńskie Lake) and the dam in Sromowce Wyżne (Sromowce Wyżne reservoir). Flowing through the central part of the Pieniny range, it creates a picturesque turn at the Polish Slovak border between Sromowce Wyżne and Szczawnica, where it flows by Kotuńka rock which differentiates the area from the over parts of the river. Further down, it turns to the north into the Western Beskid Mountains, and Sądecka Basin (where it merges with its own largest tributary, the Poprad river). It flows across an open valley of the Beskid Foothills and falls down across Rożnów Foothills (with two more dams: the Jezioro Rożnowskie Lake, and Jezioro Czchowskie Lake) and finally, it leads into the Sandomierz Basin and the valley of Vistula Lowlands. The Dunajec flows into the Vistula River in the vicinity of Opatowiec.

The Dunajec flows through or near these locations in Poland and north Slovakia:

• 
  Dunajec and the Trzy Korony Mountain
• 
  Dunajec in autumn
• 
  Dunajec Gorge in the Pieniny mountains
• 
  Dunajec in Sromowce Niżne
• 
  Dunajec in Szczawnica

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dunajec.

• Dunajec River Gorge
• Rivers of Poland
• Rivers of Slovakia
• 1934 flood in Poland
• Dunajec river castles

• Dunajec River at Encyclopædia Britannica

v t e Tributaries of the Vistula River
Forming rivers	Biała Wisełka Czarna Wisełka
Main tributaries of the left bank	Krajka Pszczynka Gostynia Przemsza Chech Rudno Sanka Rudawa Prądnik Dłubnia Roporek Szreniawa Nidzica Nida Strumień Czarna Koprzywianka Opatówka Kamienna Krępianka Iłżanka Zwoleńka Plewka Zagożdżonka Radomka Pilica Czarna Jeziorka Bzura Skrwa Lewa Zgłowiączka Tążyna Zielona Brda Wda Wierzyca
Main tributaries of the right bank	Brennica Iłownica Biała Soła Skawa Skawinka Wilga (Krakow) Drwinka Raba Gróbka Uszwica Kisielina Dunajec Breń Brnik Wisłoka Babulówka Trześniówka Łęg San Sanna Wyżnica Chodelka Bystra Kurówka Wieprz Okrzejka Promnik Wilga (Garwolin) Świder Kanał Żerański Narew Mołtawa Słupianka Rosica Brzeźnica Skrwa Prawa Mień Drwęca Bacha Struga Osa Liwa
Distributary	Mała Wisełka (Polska Wisła) Nogat Leniwka Szkarpawa Vistula Lagoon Śmiała Wisła Martwa Wisła Przekop Canal

v t e Rivers of Poland by watershed
Vistula	Narew Bug Wkra Biebrza San Wisłok Dunajec Poprad Pilica Wieprz Brda Drwęca Wda Bzura Wisłoka Nida
Odra	Warta Prosna Noteć Drawa Nysa Łużycka Nysa Kłodzka Bóbr Obra
Vistula Lagoon	Pregolya Łyna Angrapa Pasłęka
Baltic Sea	Rega Parsęta Wieprza Słupia Łeba Reda

v t e Hydrography of Slovakia
Rivers	Black Sea basin Danube basin Danube Hron Sikenica [sk] Slatina Ipeľ Štiavnica Morava Malina [sk] Myjava Rudava Váh Bebrava Belá Blava Čierna voda Dudváh Krupinica [sk] Kysuca Little Danube Nitra Nitrica [sk] Orava Rajčanka Turiec Žitava Tisa basin Tisa Bodrog Cirocha Laborec Latorica Muráň [sk] Ondava Topľa Uzh Slaná Blh [sk] Bodva Ida Hnilec Hornád Olšava [sk] Rimava Svinka [sk] Torysa Turiec Baltic Sea basin Vistula basin Dunajec Poprad
Lakes	Tarns in Tatra Mountains Veľké Hincovo pleso Štrbské Pleso Popradské pleso Other natural lakes Morské oko Izra
Reservoirs	Váh basin Bešeňová [sk] Čierny Váh [sk] Hričov [sk] Kráľová [sk] Krpeľany [sk] Liptovská Mara Nosice [sk] Nová Bystrica [sk] Orava Sĺňava [sk] Žilina [sk] Other Gabčíkovo Dam Ružín [sk] Starina Veľká Domaša Zemplínska Šírava
River islands	Žitný ostrov