Ostravice (river)
Ostravice | |
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Šance Dam | |
Etymology | Ostrava City |
Location | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Region | Moravian-Silesian |
Settlements | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Bílá Ostravice |
• location | Moravian-Silesian Beskids |
• coordinates | 49°24′26″N 18°22′14″E / 49.40722°N 18.37056°E |
• elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
2nd source | Černá Ostravice |
• coordinates | 49°29′52″N 18°32′33″E / 49.49778°N 18.54250°E |
Mouth | Oder |
• location | Ostrava |
• coordinates | 49°52′10″N 18°17′1″E / 49.86944°N 18.28361°E |
• elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
Length | 64 km (40 mi) |
Basin size | 827 km2 (319 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 12.7 m3/s (450 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 933 m3/s (32,900 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Oder→ Baltic Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Čeladenka |
• right | Morávka |
Ostravice (Polish: Ostrawica, German: Ostrawitza) is a river in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It originates in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and then flows through Ostravice, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frýdek-Místek and Paskov to Ostrava where it enters the Oder as its right tributary.
The river starts as the Ostravice after the confluence of the Bílá Ostravice (i.e., White Ostravice, considered its main source) and the Černá Ostravice (i.e. Black Ostravice). They are both streams flowing through deeply forested valleys which are important access roads to the resorts of Bílá and Bílý Kříž. Ostravice then creates a fresh water reservoir behind
The Ostravice then flows through the rolling hills region between Ostravice and Frýdek-Místek and finally through the lowlands of the highly industrial Ostrava basin.
It partly forms the border between historical regions
See also
References
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- ^ I. Panic, 2010, pp. 272, 400
Sources
- Ludvík, Marcel (1987). Beskydy, Turistický průvodce ČSSR. Praha: Olympia. 27-031-87.
- Rohlík, Jiří (2001). Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Soubor turistických map 1:50 000. Praha: TRASA, s.r.o. ISBN 80-85999-29-3.
- "Těšínsko z pohledu fyzické geografie". Muzeum Těšínska. Retrieved 2007-01-14.