Talk:San (river)

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this page is full of bull.... 1) Southern Poland was never part of the Roman Empire. 2) When WWII started the river San was on what was to become the border between Third Reich and the Soviet Union, it was not on any border, it was well within what was Poland at the time, so it can not be called a starting point of WWII. Both the German and the Soviet army had to crush several polish defence lines to get there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.213.185.19 (talk) 17:49, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

I toned down the language about "official start of WWII", since the battle of the San does seem to have started three days into the invasion. Perhaps it was most notable because the Polish army was able to hold the Germans there for almost a week, quite an achievement. The overall point is that the San was, throughout its long history, frequently a disputed border and thus frequently a battle site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.22.248.128 (talk) 18:44, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Width number
Right next to Length, I'm seeing this for Width: "10 km (6 mi)".

Huh? Does that mean the river is gigantic, 6 miles wide? It certainly is not. You can even see that from the photo; it's not a particularly wide river. I guess its width changes at different locations along the river -- but 6 miles? What am I not understanding here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.49.65 (talk) 04:41, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

In what Celtic language does "san" mean river?
Pretty much every Celtic language has some version of "abhainn" or "afon" as their word for river (except for Breton, which still has stêr as their word; nowhere near "san"). What Celtic language uses some form of "san" for river? 81.111.28.148 (talk) 14:44, 8 October 2022 (UTC)