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National Gazetteer of Poland
Volume 1. Hydronyms
National Gazetteer of Poland
Hydronyms
Geographical names are an important source of
information when identifying and locating various objects on the
Earth's surface. They are important elements in the spoken language and
in written form are essential elements of maps and other publications.
With that in mind, every country tries to elaborate and publish their
own official lists of geographical names, so-called national
gazetteers.
Elaborating and publishing national gazetteers is
also laid down in the resolution of the United Nations Organization
approved by the 1967 First United Nations Conference on Standardization
of Geographical Names in Geneva, the purpose being to standardize
geographical names in individual countries. The Conference recommended
that official lists of accepted geographical names and their location
be elaborated and published in individual countries. Such official
lists should ensure explicitness when using geographical names in
various kinds of publications and mass media.
The publication hereby presented is the first
volume of a series to be published over several years containing a list
of almost 16,000 standardized names of water objects (so-called
hydronyms) divided into two parts: 1. Flowing waters, sources,
waterfalls and 2. Standing waters, verified and
established by the Commission on Names of Localities and
Physiographical Objects, operating since 1997 and affiliated to the
Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration.
This list of hydronyms is composed of two parts.
Volume I.Hydronyms - Part 1. Flowing waters, sources,
waterfalls contains the list of names of rivers, brooks, creeks,
streams, oxbows, canals and ditches as well as lists of names of 136
sources and 16 waterfalls. Standing waters, part 2 of the
list of hydronyms, contains the names of 7761 standing water objects:
lakes, ponds, artificial storage reservoirs, bays, straits and also
depths and shoals.
Bearing in mind interest among English speaking
foreigners, all titles, introductory texts and table headings are also
given in English.
 
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