River mouth Dyje River | Length 168 km | |
Main source Bohemian-Moravian Highlands Basin size 7,115.60 km (2,747.35 sq mi) Discharge Average rate:27 m/s (950 cu ft/s) near estuary Source Bohemian-Moravian Highlands |
The Svratka ( [ˈsvratka]), formerly Švarcava (German: Schwarzach) is a river in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic with a length of 173.9 km. 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).
Map of Svratka, Czechia
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