- This river should not be confused with the Pissa river in Russia, nor with the smaller Pisa river.
The
Pisa (Pissek) is a small
river with a length of 80.4 km in the
Masurian Lake District of the
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of
Poland. The Pisa flows from
Lake Roś near
Pisz and is a
tributary of the
Narew, connecting the lakeland region with the
Vistula. The
Piska Forest borders the river on its west bank.
The river's name, like Pisz, comes from the Old Prussian word pisa, or swamp. Because the Prussian Galindae tribe once lived in the area, the Teutonic Knights referred to the Pisa as the Galinde.