| Pielnica | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Poland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Bieszczady Mountains |
| Mouth | |
• location | Wisłok |
• coordinates | 49°37′29″N 21°57′04″E / 49.6246°N 21.9510°E |
| Length | 63 km (39 mi) |
| Basin size | 940 km2 (360 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Wisłok→ San→ Vistula→ Baltic Sea |
The Pielnica (Polish pronunciation: [pʲɛlˈɲitsa]; German: Pella or Piella 1419, Pielica 1441, Pielnyka 1512) is a river in South-Eastern Poland. Its name comes from the ancient German dialect word piella, the river, a tributary of the Wislok on the right bank. It begins in the Bieszczady mountains and flows through western Pogórze Bukowskie. The Pielnica arises in the Carpathian Mountains near the peak Skibce, at an elevation of 776 metres, near on the Polish-Slovakian border. The river ultimately flows into the Wisłok at Besko, north of Sanok. Several streams flow into the Pielnica there from nearby hills, namely, on the west from Wysoka Góra (432 meters), and on the east from Bukowica (541 meters).