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{{For|the village of the same name|Liwiec, West Pomeranian Voivodeship}}
{{Infobox river
| name              = Liwiec
| name_other        = 
| image             = Wyszkow_liwiec2.jpg
| image_caption     = Liwiec near Kamieńczyk
| source1_location  = 
| source1_coordinates= 
| mouth_location    = [[Bug River|Bug]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52|36|04|N|21|33|30|E|region:PL-WP_type:waterbody_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=it}}
| progression       = {{RBug}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Poland]]
| length_km = 142
| source1_elevation = 
| discharge1_avg    = {{convert|12.1|m3/s|abbr=on}}  
| basin_size_km2 = 2763
}}
The '''Liwiec''' (or '''Liw''', pronounced [[Help:IPA/Polish|/Livjɛt͡s/]] or [[Help:IPA/Polish|/Liv/]] ) is a river in [[Poland]], and a tributary of the [[Bug River]].

==Course==
The Liwiec flows in the plains of Southern [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]] and central [[Masovian Voivodeship]]. It is 142 kilometres long and drains 2,763 square kilometres of [[Drainage basin|watershed]].<ref>[http://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/en/defaultaktualnosci/3328/2/17/1/statistical_yearbook_of_the_republic_of_poland_2017.pdf Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2017], [[Central Statistical Office (Poland)|Statistics Poland]], p. 85-86</ref>

The source of the Liwiec is located to the north-west of [[Międzyrzec Podlaski]] near [[Siedlce]] and crosses [[Wyszków]], [[Liw, Poland|Liw]], [[Węgrów]], and [[Stara Wieś, Silesian Voivodeship|Stara Wieś]].

Its lower [[estuary]] and [[confluence]] with the [[Bug River]] is located near the towns of Wyszków and [[Kamieńczyk, Wyszków County|Kamieńczyk]].

It has a [[Natura 2000]] EU [[Special Protection Area]] region.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Liwiec_4.jpg|Liwiec−Liw river.
Image:Liwiec_3.jpg|Liwiec near Kamieńczyk.
Image:Wyszkow_liwiec.jpg|Liwiec near the estuary.
</gallery>

==See also==
*{{C|Rivers of Poland}}
*[[Special Protection Areas in Poland]]
*{{C|Natura 2000 in Poland}}

==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Poland]]
[[Category:Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Rivers of Podlaskie Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Natura 2000 in Poland]]


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