Biała

Biała (the feminine form of biały) is a Polish word for white. It may refer to:

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Biała (Dunajec)

Biała is a river in eastern central Poland, a right tributary of the Dunajec, which it meets in the town of Tarnów. Arising in the Laborec Highlands of Slovakia, the river flows through the Polish towns of:

Among its own tributaries is the Wątok.

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Coordinates: 50°02′11″N 20°54′48″E / 50.036292°N 20.913289°E / 50.036292; 20.913289

Biała (Vistula)

Biała (German: Bialka) is a river in southern Poland, a right tributary of the Vistula, around 29 km (18 mi) long. It is the main river of the city of Bielsko-Biała and used to be historically important as a border river dividing not only Bielsko and Biała but for a few hundreds of years also the states of Bohemia (succeeded by the Habsburg Monarchy) and Poland.

Geography

Two sources of the river are located on the north-east slopes of the Klimczok mountain in the Silesian Beskids on the elevation of around 1020 and 900 m. The upper part the river, known as Białka (diminutive form of Biała), has characteristics of a mountain stream. The first settlement it runs through is the village of Bystra. Before Mikuszowice it joins with Biała stream beginning on eastern slopes of Magura mountain in Little Beskids, then the river veers north and on the length of 15.7 km (9.8 mi) it forms a pivotal line of the city of Bielsko-Biała, afterward it flows in between Czechowice-Dziedzice to the west and Gmina Bestwina to the east, and empties to Vistula River on the elevation of 240 m.

BIA

BIA or Bia may refer to:

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Bia (butterfly)

Bia is a Neotropical genus of butterflies, named by Hübner in 1819. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.

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Arranged alphabetically.

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Bia (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Bia, (in Greek: Βία, "Violence"), was the personification of force and raw energy, daughter of Pallas and Styx, and sister of Nike, Kratos, and Zelus.

She and her siblings were constant companions of Zeus. They achieved this honour after supporting Zeus in the war of the Titans along with their mother. Bia is one of the characters named in the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound, written by Aeschylus, where Hephaestus is compelled by the gods to bind Prometheus after he was caught stealing fire and offering the gift to mortals.

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