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Sleza (-Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
, German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
: Lohe) is a 78.6 km long river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast. Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of medieval Poland, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy, Kingdom of Prussia, and German Reich, and after 1945 was split between Poland and Germany....
, southern Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, a left tributary of the Oder. It starts in the Niemcza Hills (Wzgórza Niemczanskie), part of the Sudete Highlands (Przedgórze Sudeckie), and flows near Mount Sleza
Mount Sleza

Sleza is a mountain in the Sudetes foothills in Lower Silesia, southern Poland. This natural reserve built mostly of granite is 718 m high and covered with forests....
 through the Silesian Lowland (Nizinia Slaska) and enters the Oder in Wroclaw
Wroclaw

Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
.

The most important tributary is: Mala Sleza ("Small Sleza"). The most important towns on the river are: Niemcza
Niemcza

Niemcza [] is a town in Dzierzoni?w County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Niemcza....
, Tyniec nad Sleza
Tyniec nad Sleza

Tyniec nad Sleza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kobierzyce, within Wroclaw County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....
, Jordanów Slaski
Jordanów Slaski

Jordan?w Slaski is a village in Wroclaw County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Jordan?w Slaski....
 and Wroclaw.

The name probably is derived from a Silesian word meaning "wet swampy place".






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Sleza (-Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
, German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
: Lohe) is a 78.6 km long river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast. Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of medieval Poland, Bohemia, Habsburg Monarchy, Kingdom of Prussia, and German Reich, and after 1945 was split between Poland and Germany....
, southern Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, a left tributary of the Oder. It starts in the Niemcza Hills (Wzgórza Niemczanskie), part of the Sudete Highlands (Przedgórze Sudeckie), and flows near Mount Sleza
Mount Sleza

Sleza is a mountain in the Sudetes foothills in Lower Silesia, southern Poland. This natural reserve built mostly of granite is 718 m high and covered with forests....
 through the Silesian Lowland (Nizinia Slaska) and enters the Oder in Wroclaw
Wroclaw

Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
.

The most important tributary is: Mala Sleza ("Small Sleza"). The most important towns on the river are: Niemcza
Niemcza

Niemcza [] is a town in Dzierzoni?w County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Niemcza....
, Tyniec nad Sleza
Tyniec nad Sleza

Tyniec nad Sleza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kobierzyce, within Wroclaw County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland....
, Jordanów Slaski
Jordanów Slaski

Jordan?w Slaski is a village in Wroclaw County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Jordan?w Slaski....
 and Wroclaw.

The name probably is derived from a Silesian word meaning "wet swampy place". In a papal bull
Papal bull

A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a pope. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end to authenticate it....
 from Hadrian IV in 1155 the river is called the Selenza.

The names of the Sleza and Mount Sleza are both of Silesian origin, although the Sleza is spelled with a standard Z
Z

Z is the twenty-sixth and final Letter of the modern English alphabet....
 and Mount Sleza is spelled with a Z diacritic
Dot (diacritic)

When used as a diacritic mark, the term dot is usually reserved for the Interpunct , or to the glyphs 'combining dot above' and 'combining dot below' which may be combined with some Letter s of the extended Latin alphabets in use in Central European languages and Vietnamese language....
 - English zh.