List of rivers of the Czech Republic
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This is a list of rivers of the Czech Republic.
Naming conventions
Czech language distinguishes between large (river; in Czech řeka) and small (stream, creek, brook; in Czech potok) watercourses. River names are mostly self-standing one-word nouns. Stream names often consist of two words because they contain an adjective (usually stemming from physical properties (e.g. Černý potok – "black stream"), usage (e.g. Mlýnský potok – "mill stream") or derived from the location through which it flows (e.g. Rakovnický potok – "Rakovník stream"). These two-word names form an inseparable whole.
Main rivers
While the Elbe is the longest Czech-related river when measured through its overall length (i.e. including its lower course in Germany), its tributary the Vltava surpasses it as the longest river within the territory of the Czech Republic itself. (In fact the Vltava also carries more water than the Elbe at their confluence.)
| Rank | River | Length within the CR (km) |
Avg. dischargeTemplate:Efn (m³/s) |
Total basin (km2) |
Tributary to |
Mouth location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vltava (+Teplá Vltava) | 431Template:Efn | 151 | 28,090 | Elbe | Mělník |
| 2 | Elbe | 370Template:Efn | 308 | 144,055 | North Sea | Cuxhaven (Germany) |
| 3 | Morava | 269Template:Efn | 65Template:Efn | 26,658 | Danube | Bratislava (Slovakia) |
| 4 | Ohře | 256Template:Efn | 38 | 5,606 | Elbe | Litoměřice |
| 5 | Berounka (+Mže) | 242Template:Efn | 36 | 8,854 | Vltava | Prague |
| 6 | Sázava | 225 | 25 | 4,350 | Vltava | Davle |
| 7 | Thaya | 196Template:Efn | 44 | 13,419 | Morava | Lanžhot |
| 8 | Jihlava | 181 | 12 | 2,997 | Svratka | Ivaň |
| 9 | Svratka | 174 | 15Template:Efn | 7,119 | Thaya | Pouzdřany |
| 10 | Jizera | 167 | 24 | 2,193 | Elbe | Lázně Toušeň |
| 11 | Lužnice | 158Template:Efn | 24 | 4,235 | Vltava | Hosty |
| 12 | Oder | 136Template:Efn | 48 | 118,861 | Baltic Sea | Świnoujście (Poland) |
| 13 | Otava (+Vydra) | 135 | 26 | 3,827 | Vltava | Zvíkovské Podhradí |
| 14 | Orlice (+Divoká Orlice) | 129Template:Efn | 22 | 2,036 | Elbe | Hradec Králové |
| 15 | Opava (+Černá Opava) | 129 | 18 | 2,089 | Oder | Ostrava |
| 16 | Bečva (+Vsetínská Bečva) | 120 | 18 | 1,626 | Morava | Troubky |
| 17 | Radbuza | 110 | 11 | 2,182 | Berounka | Plzeň |
| 18 | Chrudimka | 106 | 6 | 866 | Elbe | Pardubice |
| 19 | Úhlava | 104 | 6 | 908 | Radbuza | Plzeň |
| 20 | Želivka (+Hejlovka) | 104 | 4 | 1,188 | Sázava | Soutice |
| 21 | Tichá Orlice | 102 | 7 | 756 | Orlice | Žďár nad Orlicí |
| 22 | Střela | 102 | 3 | 922 | Berounka | Liblín |
| 23 | Ploučnice | 101 | 8 | 1,188 | Elbe | Děčín |
| 24 | Oslava | 101 | 3 | 867 | Jihlava | Ivančice |
| 25 | Moravice | 101 | 8 | 900 | Opava | Opava |
Hierarchical list
This is a hierarchical list that includes all rivers and other streams whose length within the territory of the Czech Republic is at least 20 kilometres.[1]
Rivers flowing to the North Sea (Elbe basin)
- Elbe (leaves the country in Hřensko, empties into the North Sea)
- Křinice (leaves the country in Krásná Lípa)
- Kamenice (in Hřensko)
- Chřibská Kamenice (in Srbská Kamenice)
- Ploučnice (in Děčín)
- Robečský potok (in Česká Lípa)
- Bobří potok (in Jestřebí)
- Šporka (in Česká Lípa)
- Svitavka (in Zákupy)
- Panenský potok (in Mimoň)
- Robečský potok (in Česká Lípa)
- Jílovský potok (in Děčín)
- Bílina (in Ústí nad Labem)
- Srpina (in Obrnice)
- Modla (in Lovosice)
- Ohře (in Litoměřice)
- Smolnický potok (in Vršovice)
- Chomutovka (in Postoloprty)
- Hasina (in Postoloprty)
- Blšanka (in Zálužice)
- Liboc (in Žatec)
- Leska (in Nové Sedlo)
- Prunéřovský potok (in Kadaň)
- Bystřice (in Vojkovice)
- Teplá (in Karlovy Vary)
- Lomnický potok (in Březová)
- Rolava (in Karlovy Vary)
- Chodovský potok (in Karlovy Vary)
- Svatava (in Sokolov)
- Libava (in Kynšperk nad Ohří)
- Libocký potok (in Kynšperk nad Ohří)
- Odrava (in Odrava)
- Lipoltovský potok (in Odrava)
- Plesná (in Nebanice)
- Slatinný potok (in Cheb)
- Liběchovka (in Liběchov)
- Pšovka (in Mělník)
- Vltava (in Mělník; Vltava is the name given to the Teplá Vltava after its confluence with the Studená Vltava)
- Bakovský potok (in Nová Ves)
- Zákolanský potok (in Kralupy nad Vltavou)
- Knovízský potok (in Kralupy nad Vltavou)
- Litovický potok (in Prague-Dejvice)
- Rokytka (in Prague-Libeň)
- Říčanský potok (in Prague-Běchovice)
- Botič (in Prague-Vyšehrad)
- Berounka (in Prague-Lahovice; Berounka is the name given to the lower Mže following its confluence with the Radbuza)
- Radotínský potok (in Prague-Radotín)
- Loděnice (in Srbsko)
- Litavka (in Beroun)
- Červený potok (in Zdice)
- Klíčava (in Zbečno)
- Rakovnický potok (in Křivoklát)
- Zbirožský potok (in Čilá)
- Javornice (in Zvíkovec)
- Střela (in Liblín)
- Manětínský potok (in Štichovice)
- Kralovický potok (in Kozojedy)
- Velká Trasovka (in Žlutice)
- Třemošná (in Kaceřov)
- Bělá (in Třemošná)
- Klabava (in Chrást)
- Holoubkovský potok (in Rokycany)
- Úslava (in Plzeň)
- Bradava (in Nezvěstice)
- Radbuza (in Plzeň)
- Úhlava (in Plzeň)
- Drnový potok (in Klatovy)
- Merklínka (in Stod)
- Zubřina (in Staňkov)
- Černý potok (in Horšovský Týn)
- Úhlava (in Plzeň)
- Mže (in Plzeň; headwater of the Berounka)
- Vejprnický potok (in Plzeň)
- Úterský potok (in Erpužice)
- Úhlavka (in Stříbro)
- Výrovský potok (in Kladruby)
- Kosový potok (in Planá)
- Hamerský potok (in Kočov)
- Sedlišťský potok (in Kočov)
- Sázava (in Davle)
- Janovický potok (in Týnec nad Sázavou)
- Konopišťský potok (in Poříčí nad Sázavou)
- Jevanský potok (in Stříbrná Skalice)
- Blanice (in Soběšín)
- Chotýšanka (in Libež)
- Želivka (in Soutice; called Hejlovka on the upper course)
- Sedlický potok (in Hulice)
- Martinický potok (in Vojslavice)
- Trnava (in Želiv)
- Kejtovský potok (in Hořepník)
- Jankovský potok (in Sedlice)
- Bělá (in Krasíkovice)
- Sázavka (in Světlá nad Sázavou)
- Perlový potok (in Okrouhlice)
- Úsobský potok (in Havlíčkův Brod)
- Šlapanka (in Havlíčkův Brod)
- Zlatý potok (in Věžnice)
- Kocába (in Štěchovice)
- Sychrovský potok (in Stará Huť)
- Mastník (in Radíč)
- Sedlecký potok (in Sedlčany)
- Brzina (in Dublovice)
- Otava (in Zvíkovské Podhradí; originates at the confluence of the Vydra and Křemelná)
- Lomnice (in Oslov)
- Blanice (in Putim)
- Brložský potok (in Kestřany)
- Volyňka (in Strakonice)
- Spůlka (in Bohumilice)
- Novosedelský potok (in Katovice)
- Březový potok (in Katovice)
- Ostružná (in Sušice)
- Křemelná (in Hartmanice)
- Vydra (in Hartmanice; headwater of the Otava)
- Hrejkovický potok (in Jetětice)
- Lužnice (in Týn nad Vltavou)
- Bilinský potok (in Týn nad Vltavou)
- Židova strouha (in Bechyně)
- Smutná (in Bechyně)
- Milevský potok (in Sepekov)
- Košínský potok (in Tábor)
- Chotovinský potok (in Sezimovo Ústí)
- Turovecký potok (in Tábor)
- Černovický potok (in Soběslav)
- Dírenský potok (in Soběslav)
- Bechyňský potok (in Veselí nad Lužnicí)
- Nežárka (in Veselí nad Lužnicí; originates at the confluence of the Kamenice and Žirovnice)
- Řečice (in Kardašova Řečice)
- Hamerský potok (in Jindřichův Hradec)
- Kamenice (in Jarošov nad Nežárkou; headwater of the Nežárka)
- Žirovnice (in Jarošov nad Nežárkou)
- Miletínský potok (in Klec)
- Koštěnický potok (in Majdalena)
- Dračice (in Suchdol nad Lužnicí)
- Bezdrevský potok (in Hluboká nad Vltavou)
- Dehtářský potok (in Hluboká nad Vltavou)
- Malše (in České Budějovice)
- Křemžský potok (in Holubov)
- Polečnice (in Český Krumlov)
- Olšina (in Černá v Pošumaví)
- Teplá Vltava (in Nová Pec; headwater of the Vltava and the whole Elbe–Vltava system)
- Řasnice (in Stožec)
- Studená Vltava (in Nová Pec)
- Košátecký potok (in Neratovice)
- Jizera (in Lázně Toušeň)
- Strenický potok (in Písková Lhota)
- Klenice (in Mladá Boleslav)
- Zábrdka (in Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou)
- Mohelka (in Mohelnice nad Jizerou)
- Žehrovka (in Březina)
- Libuňka (in Turnov)
- Oleška (in Semily)
- Kamenice (in Semily)
- Jizerka (in Víchová nad Jizerou)
- Výmola (in Čelákovice)
- Vlkava (in Kostomlaty nad Labem)
- Výrovka (in Kostomlátky)
- Mrlina (in Nymburk)
- Štítarský potok (in Křinec)
- Cidlina (in Libice nad Cidlinou)
- Bystřice (in Chlumec nad Cidlinou)
- Javorka (in Skřivany)
- Klejnárka (in Konárovice)
- Vrchlice (in Nové Dvory)
- Doubrava (in Záboří nad Labem)
- Podolský potok (in Pardubice)
- Bylanka (in Pardubice)
- Chrudimka (in Pardubice)
- Novohradka (in Úhřetice)
- Ležák (in Hrochův Týnec)
- Žejbro (in Hrochův Týnec)
- Krounka (in Luže)
- Novohradka (in Úhřetice)
- Loučná (in Kunětice)
- Končinský potok (in Cerekvice nad Loučnou)
- Desná (in Tržek)
- Orlice (in Hradec Králové; originates at the confluence of Divoká Orlice and Tichá Orlice)
- Dědina (in Třebechovice pod Orebem)
- Tichá Orlice (in Žďár nad Orlicí)
- Třebovka (in Ústí nad Orlicí)
- Divoká Orlice (in Žďár nad Orlicí; headwater of the Orlice)
- Bělá (in Častolovice)
- Kněžná (in Synkov-Slemeno)
- Zdobnice (in Doudleby nad Orlicí)
- Bělá (in Častolovice)
- Trotina (in Lochenice)
- Metuje (in Jaroměř)
- Úpa (in Jaroměř)
- Běluňka (in Heřmanice)
- Malé Labe (in Prosečné)
Rivers flowing to the Baltic Sea (Oder basin)
- tributaries joining the Oder during its course through Poland (mainly from the Western Sudetes and Central Sudetes regions)
- Oder (leaves the country in Bohumín, empties into the Baltic Sea)
- Lusatian Neisse (leaves the country in Hrádek nad Nisou)
Eastern Neisse- Bělá (leaves the country in Mikulovice)
- Vidnávka (leaves the country in Velká Kraš)
- Stěnava (leaves the country in Otovice)
- Osoblaha (leaves the country in Osoblaha)
- tributaries joining the Oder within the Czech Republic
- Olza (in Bohumín)
- Ostravice (in Ostrava; originates at the confluence of the Bílá Ostravice and Černá Ostravice)
- Lučina (in Ostrava)
- Olešná (in Paskov)
- Morávka (in Frýdek-Místek)
- Opava (in Ostrava; originates at the confluence of the Černá Opava and Střední Opava)
- Ondřejnice (in Ostrava)
- Lubina (in Jistebník)
- Bílovka (in Studénka)
- Sedlnice (in Studénka)
- Husí potok (in Hladké Životice)
- Jičínka (in Hladké Životice)
- Luha (in Jeseník nad Odrou)
Rivers flowing to the Black Sea (Danube basin)
Danube(empties into the Black Sea)Váh- Vlára (leaves the country in Brumov-Bylnice)
- Morava (leaves the country in Lanžhot)
- Thaya (in Lanžhot; originates at the confluence of the Moravian Thaya and
German Thaya)- Kyjovka (in Lanžhot)
- Kopanice (in Lanžhot)
- Prušánka (in Hodonín)
- Hruškovice (in Svatobořice-Mistřín)
- Trkmanka (in Podivín)
- Svratka (in Dolní Věstonice)
- Jihlava (in Ivaň)
- Šatava (in Uherčice)
- Litava (in Židlochovice)
- Bobrava (in Popovice)
- Svitava (in Brno)
- Punkva (in Blansko)
- Bělá (in Lhota Rapotina)
- Křetínka (in Letovice)
- Bílý potok (in Veverská Bítýška)
- Bobrůvka (in Předklášteří; alternatively called Loučka on the lower course)
- Libochovka (in Dolní Loučky)
- Lubě (in Březina)
- Nedvědička (in Nedvědice)
- Hodonínka (in Štěpánov nad Svratkou)
- Bystřice (in Vír)
- Fryšávka (in Jimramov)
- Želetavka (in Bítov)
- Daníž (in Jaroslavice)
- Jevišovka (in Jevišovka)
- Skalička (in Práče)
- Moravian Thaya (leaves the country in Písečné)
- Bolíkovský potok (in Staré Hobzí)
- Vápovka (in Dačice)
- Kyjovka (in Lanžhot)
- Velička (in Vracov)
- Okluky (in Uherský Ostroh)
- Olšava (in Kunovice)
- Nivnička (in Uherský Brod)
- Luhačovický potok (in Uherský Brod)
- Březnice (in Kněžpole)
- Dřevnice (in Otrokovice)
- Rusava (in Hulín)
- Kotojedka (in Kroměříž)
- Moštěnka (in Kroměříž)
- Haná (in Kroměříž; originates at the confluence of the Velká Haná and Malá Haná)
- Brodečka (in Němčice nad Hanou)
- Velká Haná (in Vyškov)
- Romže (in Uhřičice; also known as Valová following its confluence with the Hloučela)
- Hloučela (in Prostějov)
- Blata (in Lobodice)
- Šumice (in Těšetice)
- Bečva (in Tovačov; originates at the confluence of the Vsetínská Bečva and Rožnovská Bečva)
- Juhyně (in Choryně)
- Vsetínská Bečva (in Valašské Meziříčí)
- Rožnovská Bečva (in Valašské Meziříčí)
- Bystřice (in Olomouc)
- Trusovický potok (in Olomouc)
- Oskava (in Olomouc)
- Třebůvka (in Moravičany)
- Jevíčka (in Městečko Trnávka)
- Mírovka (in Mohelnice)
- Moravská Sázava (in Zvole)
- Desná (in Postřelmov)
- Branná (in Hanušovice)
- Thaya (in Lanžhot; originates at the confluence of the Moravian Thaya and
Alphabetical list
This is an alphabetical list that includes all rivers whose total length is at least 50 kilometres and have at least a small part in the Czech Republic. The Czech name is given in brackets in italics for rivers, the greater part of which is outside the territory of the country.
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- Bečva
- Bělá (Eastern Neisse)
- Berounka
- Bílina
- Blanice (Otava)
- Blanice (Sázava)
- Blšanka
- Bóbr (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Bobrůvka
- Bystřice (Cidlina)
- Bystřice (Morava)
- Chamb (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Chomutovka
- Chrudimka
- Cidlina
- Dědina
- Divoká Orlice
- Doubrava
- Dračice
- Dyje (Thaya)
- Elbe (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Flöha (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Freiberger Mulde (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Haná
- Jevišovka
- Jihlava
- Jizera
- Klabava
- Kyjovka
- Litava
- Litavka
- Loděnice
- Lomnice
- Loučná
- Lusatian Neisse (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Lužnice
- Malše
- Metuje
- Morava
- Moravice
- Moravská Dyje (Moravian Thaya)
- Moravská Sázava
- Myjava (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Mže
- Nežárka
- Oder (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Ohře
- Olše (Olza)
- Opava
- Orlice
- Oskava
- Oslava
- Osobłoga (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Ostravice
- Otava
- Pfreimd (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Ploučnice
- Radbuza
- Rokytná
- Sázava
- Schwarzach (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Ścinawka (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Skalice
- Smědá
- Spree (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Střela
- Stropnice
- Svitava
- Svratka
- Teplá
- Teplá Vltava
- Tichá Orlice
- Trnava
- Úhlava
- Úpa
- Úslava
- Vltava
- Vsetínská Bečva
- Výrovka
- Waldnaab (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- White Elster (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Wild Weißeritz (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Wondreb (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Želetavka
- Želivka
Drainage basins
As the main European watershed passes through the Czech Republic, there are three directions and principal areas of drainage (very roughly overlapping with historical territories of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia):
Almost 2/3 of the country is drained in NW direction through the Elbe into the North Sea. The Morava flowing towards SE collects water from eastern regions of the Czech Republic and discharges into Danube which flows to the Black Sea. The northeast and some northern portions of the territory is drained by the Oder and its tributaries like the Lusatian Neisse into the Baltic Sea. The corresponding watershed tripoint with a marker for symbolic "roof of Europe" (50°9'27"N 16°47'27"E) is located at Czech-Polish border on Mt. Klepáč near Dolní Morava in Králický Sněžník Mountains.
The catchment area of the Elbe down to Czech-German border in Hřensko/Schöna covers Script error: No such module "convert".. This figure includes upper courses of some tributaries starting in neighbouring countries. The area solely within Czech borders is slightly smaller and this is the figure given in the following table, which shows Czech territory divided after drainage basins.
| River | level 1 | level 2 | level 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elbe | 49,933Template:Efn | ||
| Vltava | 27,006.7Template:Efn | ||
| Ohře | 4,601.1Template:Efn | ||
| Danube | 21,736Template:Efn | ||
| Morava | 20,692.4Template:Efn | ||
| Thaya | 11,164.7Template:Efn | ||
| Oder | 7,217 | ||
| total (km2) | 78,886 |
Notes
References
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