The Narewka (; Belarusian ÃÂðÃÂðÃÂúð) River is a left-bank tributary of the Narew River in western Belarus and northeastern Poland.
The Narewka River's name comes from a Proto-Indo-European root, *nr, primarily associated with "water" (compare Narva, Neretva, Neris, Ner, and Nur).
The Narewka flows through the European region known as the (PodlasieâÂÂBelarus Plateau) in Poland's Podlaskie Voivodeship and Belarus' Grodno Region. A major part of the river flows through the Biaà Âowieà ¼a Forest. The Narewka River is the main watercourse of the Polish part of the Biaà Âowieà ¼a Forest.
The river is 61.1 km long, including 21.7 kilometers in the Republic of Belarus.
Catchment (basin) covers an area Narewka 710.7 km<sup>2</sup>, of which the Polish border is 491.32 km. Within the forest is 380 km<sup>2</sup> catchment area, part of which falls in the Biaà Âowieà ¼a National Park. Catchment forest cover is 49.9%. Until dry, the Narewka flowed through quite a muddy valley. In the 1960s has been draining uroczyska "Wild Nikora.
The width of the trough Narewka ranges from 5 to 15 m (at the mouth). The maximum depth at the measuring point in Bialowieza: 201 cm. The rate of flow is 2 km/h.
Narewka River is marked on the first map of Bialowieza, line drawn in 1784 by the royal surveyor Michael Poà Âchowskiego. The documents appear much earlier.
In December 1409 Wà Âadysà Âaw Jagieà Âà Âo took place in Bialowieza Forest a great hunt, making the stocks of meat before the battle of Grunwald. The meat is in the spring of next year, the river was floated Narewka, Narew and the Vistula to Plock.
In 1559 a partial separation was carried out from Bialowieza Forest Bielsko (Ladzkiej). Narewka River to the mouth of the Narew, along with the river Wieliczanka constituted the boundary between forests.
Villages: Biaà Âowieà ¼a, Pogorzelce, Narewka, Nowe Lewkowo and Stare Lewkowo.