Svratka (river)
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Svratka | |
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![]() Confluence of Svratka (left) and Svitava rivers | |
Location | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Bohemian-Moravian Highlands |
Mouth | |
• location | Dyje River |
• coordinates | 48°54′16″N 16°36′44″E / 48.90444°N 16.61222°ECoordinates: 48°54′16″N 16°36′44″E / 48.90444°N 16.61222°E |
Length | 168.5 km (104.7 mi) |
Basin size | 7,115.60 km2 (2,747.35 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 27 m3/s (950 cu ft/s) near estuary |
Basin features | |
Progression | Thaya→ Morava→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Svratka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈsvratka]), formerly Švarcava (German: Schwarzach) is a river in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It is 168 kilometres (104 mi) long, and its basin area is 7,116 square kilometres (2,748 sq mi).[1] It rises in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, converges with the Svitava in Brno, and flows into the Dyje (Thaya) a near Mikulov. The river is known in the local Moravian dialect as the Švarcava (from the German name of the river Schwarzach).
References
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- ^ "Charakteristiky toků a povodí ČR - Svratka" (in Czech). VÚV TGM. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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