Pilica
Pilica river in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Białobrzeska Street)
Pilica River in the Vistula watershed
Location
Country	Poland
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Poland
Mouth
• location	Vistula near Ostrowek
• coordinates	51°51′41″N 21°16′50″E / 51.86139°N 21.28056°E / 51.86139; 21.28056
Length	333 km (207 mi)
Basin size	9,258 km2 (3,575 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	47.4 m3/s (1,670 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Vistula→ Baltic Sea

The Pilica is a river in central Poland, and the longest left tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 333 kilometres (8th longest). All 9,258 km² of its basin area is in Poland.^[1]

It flows through the Polish Jura, after which it enters Central Polish Plains. Pilica flows into the Vistula near the village of Ostrowek, in a geographical region of Central Vistula Valley. In 1974, a dam was built near Sulejow, resulting in the creation of man-made reservoir Sulejow Lake, which has the area of 2,700 hectares. The region in the basin of the Pilica is sometimes called Nadpilicze, and the river itself marks boundary between Lesser Poland, and two other historical provinces of the country, Greater Poland and Mazovia.

The first "open-air river museum" in Poland, the Open-air museum of Pilica river, is located on the waterway and the Blue Springs nature reserve lies next to the river.

• Pilica
• Szczekociny
• Koniecpol
• Przedbórz
• Sulejów
• Tomaszów Mazowiecki
• Spała
• Inowłódz
• Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą
• Wysmierzyce
• Białobrzegi
• Warka

• Luciąża
• Rykolanka
• Wolborka

• Czarna (Włoszczowska)
• Czarna (Konecka)
• Drzewiczka

A 228 km long "Szlak wodny Pilicy" is a kayak route on Pilica River. It begins in Zarzecze near Szczekociny and ends on a mouth of the Pilica River. Points on the route:

• Zarzecze near Szczekociny
• Przedbórz
• Faliszew
• Skotniki (Gmina Aleksandrów, Łódź Voivodeship)
• Sulejów
• Sulejowski Reservoir
• Tomaszów Mazowiecki
• Spała
• Inowłódz
• Żądłowice
• Grotowice
• Domaniewice
• Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą
• Białobrzegi
• Warka
• a mouth of the Pilica River

A section of the river is a Natura 2000 EU Special Protection Area.

• Rivers of Poland
• Special Protection Areas in Poland
• Natura 2000 in Poland

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