Editing Second Polish Republic (section)

==Geography==
The Second Polish Republic was mainly flat with an average elevation of {{cvt|233|m|ft|abbr=out}} [[above sea level]], except for the southernmost [[Carpathian Mountains]] (after the Second World War and its border changes, the average elevation of Poland decreased to {{cvt|173|m|ft|abbr=out}}). Only 13% of territory, along the southern border, was higher than {{cvt|300|m|ft|abbr=out}}. The highest elevation in the country was [[Mount Rysy]], which rises {{cvt|2499|m|ft|abbr=out}} in the [[Tatra Mountains|Tatra Range]] of the Carpathians, approximately {{cvt|95|km|abbr=off}} south of [[Kraków]]. Between October 1938 and September 1939, the highest elevation was Lodowy Szczyt (known in [[Slovak language|Slovak]] as ''Ľadový štít''), which rises {{cvt|2627|m|ft|abbr=out}} above sea level. The largest lake was [[Lake Narach]].
[[File:Poland1939 physical.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Physical map of the Second Polish Republic]]

The country's total area, after the annexation of Trans-Olza, was {{cvt|389720|km2}}. It extended {{cvt|903|km|abbr=off}} from north to south and {{cvt|894|km|abbr=off}} from east to west. On 1 January 1938, total length of boundaries was {{cvt|5529|km|abbr=off}}, including: {{cvt|140|km|abbr=off}} of coastline (out of which {{cvt|71|km|abbr=off}} were made by the [[Hel Peninsula]]), the {{cvt|1412|km|abbr=off}} with Soviet Union, 948 kilometers with Czechoslovakia (until 1938), {{cvt|1912|km|abbr=off}} with Germany (together with [[East Prussia]]), and {{cvt|1081|km|abbr=off}} with other countries (Lithuania, Romania, Latvia, Danzig). The warmest yearly average temperature was in Kraków among major cities of the Second Polish Republic, at {{cvt|9.1|C|F|1}} in 1938; and the coldest in Wilno ({{cvt|7.6|C|F|1|disp=or}} in 1938). Extreme geographical points of Poland included Przeświata River in Somino to the north (located in the [[Braslaw]] county of the [[Wilno Voivodeship (1926–39)|Wilno Voivodeship]]); Manczin River to the south (located in the [[Kosiv|Kosów]] county of the [[Stanisławów Voivodeship]]); Spasibiorki near railway to Połock to the east (located in the [[Dzisna]] county of the [[Wilno Voivodeship (1926–39)|Wilno Voivodeship]]); and Mukocinek near Warta River and Meszyn Lake to the west (located in the [[Międzychód]] county of the [[Poznań Voivodeship]]).

===Waters===
Almost 75% of the territory of interbellum Poland was drained northward into the Baltic Sea by the [[Vistula]] (total area of [[drainage basin]] of the Vistula within boundaries of the Second Polish Republic was {{cvt|180300|km2|abbr=off}}, the [[Niemen]] ({{cvt|51600|km2|disp=or|abbr=off}}), the [[Oder]] ({{cvt|46700|km2|disp=or|abbr=off}}) and the [[Daugava River|Daugava]] ({{cvt|10400|km2|disp=or|abbr=off}}). The remaining part of the country was drained southward, into the [[Black Sea]], by the rivers that drain into the [[Dnieper]] ([[Pripyat River|Pripyat]], [[Horyn]] and [[Styr]], all together {{cvt|61500|km2|disp=or|abbr=off}}) as well as [[Dniester]] ({{cvt|41400|km2|disp=or|abbr=off}})