{| align="right" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border: 1px solid #999; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; background-color: #CEDAF2" ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #003399" | {| style="background: #003399" align="center" width="100%" | padding=15px| | style="background: #003399" align="center" width="100%" | '''San (Sanok)''' | padding=15px| |} |- |align=center colspan=2 style="padding: 0 0 0 0; background: #FFFFFF"|250px |- ||Length of|| align=center style="background: #f7f8ff"| 433 km |- || Basin area of || align=center style="background: #f7f8ff"| 16 861 km² |- || Origin || align=center style="background: #f7f8ff"| Carpathian |- || Tributary of the || align=center style="background: #f7f8ff"|Vistula |- || Country|| align=center style="background: #f7f8ff"| Poland-Ukraine |} The '''San''' is a River in south-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 433 km (6th longest Polish river) and the basin area of 16,861 km² (14,390 km² in Poland). The San rises in the Carpathian_Mountains near the village of Sianki, at an altitude of 900 metres, exactly on the Polish-Ukrainian Border http://www.plfoto.com/zdjecie.php?picture=540333 {{coor dms|49|00|10|N|22|52|30|E|type:waterbody|region:PL|page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_River}} and continental watershed, and forms the border between Poland and Ukraine for approximately its first 50 km. ''San'' in proto-Indoeuropean_languages, means ''speed'' or ''rapid stream''. In Celtic_languages the word ''San'' means ''River''. Poland's largest Artificial_lake, Jezioro_Solińskie was created by a Dam in the San near Lesko. Image:San_Sobien_Sanok.jpg Image:sanok2005.jpg Image:San_Debna_Silarski.jpg == Tributaries == {{sect-stub}} {| | width = "150" valign="top"| '''Right tributaries''' #Wołosaty, #Solinka, #Hoczewka, #Osława, #Sanoczek, #Tyrawski, #Baryczka, #Stupnica, | '''Left tributaries''' #Wiar, #Wisznia, #Rada, #Szkło, #Lubaczówka, #Lubienia, #Wisłok, #Trzebośnica, #Tanew, #Bukowa, |} == Cities == *Lesko *Zagórz *Sanok *Dynów *Przemyśl *Radymno *Jarosław *Sieniawa *Leżajsk *Rudnik_nad_Sanem *Ulanów *Nisko *Sandomierz *Stalowa_Wola Image:MalopolskaWschodnia.jpg Image:Celtyckie_ozdoby_nadsanie.jpgic rings found in Trepcza on the San, near Sanok]] == History == On the old countries cards of the Ruthenian_Voivodship, Poland 1339-1772 : San 1339, Szan 1406, Sanok 1438, Saan 1439, Sayn 1445, San 1467, Szan 1517 or Schan 1526. During the Invasion of Poland of World_War_II, Polish forces attempted to defend a line along the San from September_6, 1939 until German forces were able to advance from their Bridgeheads on September_12, 1939. == Literature == {{sect-stub}} * prof. Adam_Fastnacht - Slownik Historyczno-Geograficzny Ziemi Sanockiej w Średniowieczu, Kraków 2002, ISBN 83-88385-14-3 ==See also== *Rivers_of_Poland *San (disambiguation page) Category:Rivers_of_Ukraine Category:Rivers_of_Poland Cs:San De:San_(Fluss) Fr:San_(rivière) He:סן_(נהר) Lv:Sana_(upe) Hu:San Nl:San_(rivier) Ja:サン川 Pl:San Pt:Rio_San Ru:Сан_(река) Sv:San_(flod) Uk:Сян