Vydrica (river)

The Vydrica at Železná studienka

The Vydrica ( German Weidritz / Wödritz, rarely Bystrica or Bistritz [ a] ) is a 17 km long river in south-western Slovakia.

It rises in the Little Carpathians at a height of approximately 450 m and flows through the Bratislavskı Lesný park ( Forest Park Bratislava). The confluence with the Danube in Karlova Ves is located, a district of Bratislava. A portion of the stream is in the context of Natura 2000 conservation area.

From the name of the river is also the name of a former settlement derives below Bratislava Castle on the Danube bank.