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{{Expand Polish|Dziwna|topic=geo|date=October 2016}}
{{short description|Distributary of the Oder River in Poland}}
[[File:Wolin-Topomap.png|right|250px|thumb|Map of the Dziwna (right) and its region]]
The '''Dziwna''' ({{Langx|de|Dievenow}}) is a [[Channel (geography)|channel]] of the [[Oder River]] in northwestern [[Poland]], one of three straits connecting the [[Szczecin Lagoon]] with the [[Bay of Pomerania]] of the [[Baltic Sea]].  It separates the island of [[Wolin]] from the Polish mainland.  The other two channels are the [[Świna]] and the [[Peene]].

About {{convert|32|km|abbr=on}} in length, the Dziwna forms on the eastern end of the [[Szczecin Lagoon]], near the town of [[Zagórze, Kamień County]].  Flowing north, it passes the town of [[Wolin (town)|Wolin]] and then widens and forms a number of connected features.  Towards the west the main channel of the Dziwna forms the large [[Kamieński Lagoon]] (''Polish: Zalew Kamieński'').  To the east a side channel develops into the Zatoka Cicha (''Quiet Bay'', known as ''Die Maad'' before 1949), flows north through the strait of Promna as it approaches the city of [[Kamień Pomorski]], then rejoins the Kamieński Lagoon.  Between these two channels stands the small, largely agricultural island of [[Chrząszczewo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship|Chrząszczewo]] connected to Kamień Pomorski by a single bridge.

The Kamieński Lagoon reforms into the well-defined Zatoka Wrzosowska (''Wrzosowska Bay''), narrows, then flows past the coastal city of [[Dziwnów]] for just a few kilometers as the Dziwna again before finally reaching the [[Bay of Pomerania]].

[[File:Dziwna Wolin panorama.jpg|500px|center|thumb|Dziwna in Wolin]]

== References ==

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{{Tributaries of the Oder}}
{{Pomerania}}
[[Category:Channels of Europe]]
[[Category:Oder basin|0Dziwna]]
[[Category:Landforms of West Pomeranian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Straits of the Baltic Sea]]
[[Category:Straits of Poland]] 

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