Moravice (river)

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The Moravice ( German Mohra ) is a right tributary of Opava in the Czech Republic.

It rises on the main ridge of the Altvater Mountains on the southeast foot of Vysoká hole ( Hohe Heide, 1464 m). Your source is 1170 m above sea level in glacial cirque Velky Kotel ( Cauldron ). On their way to the southeast, the Moravice flows through Karlov pod Pradědem and turns in Malá Morávka south. About Lesní Mlýn, Dolni Moravice, Mala and Velka Štáhle Štáhle the course of Moravice leads into Lower dies to Břidličná, where it changes its direction to the east. Between Velka Štáhle and Valšov the railway Bruntál - Rýmařov runs along the Moravice.

Between the towns of Dolni Mala Štáhle Moravice and the nature reserve Niva Moravice is 1998 to 41.98 hectares were proclaimed. The river meanders and the adjacent wetlands located on the central European Hauptzugroute and offer the bird world an important breeding and refuge. Thus, for example, the Honey Buzzard, the tree falcon, the owl and the hoopoe found here.

  • Slezská Harta Dam

Between Nová Pláň, Roudno, Razová and Leskovec nad Moravicí emerged in the years 1987 to 1997, the dam Slezská Harta. It is used for drinking water supply of Ostrava and flood protection. Your dam is located at the foot of the mountain Na Harte ( Hart, 577 m) and has a height of 64.8 m and a length of 540 m. Only parts of Nová Pláň, the village Karlovec and several monolayer were flooded along the river.

  • Dam Kružberk

Below the dam are the settlements Slezská Harta Harta Moravian and Dvorecký Mlýn at the Moravice, which now flows to the southeast and after two kilometers reaches the dam Kružberk. The plans to build this dam with a water surface of 287 ha, which is also used for water supply of Ostrava, created between 1930 and 1932. The construction took place between 1948 and 1955. The dam height is 33 m, it has a length of 280 m. The reservoir Kružberk extends to a length of 10 km and attains a depth of 31 m. At the upper end of the reservoir located on either side the remains of castles and Medlice Šternek. During the dam construction situated within the immediate vicinity of villages Medlice, Kerhartice and Lesy were demolished. Below the dam are the climbing rock Cvičné rocks.

Below the Moravice winds in numerous meanders in an easterly direction. Along the river are the towns Kružberk, Jánské Koupele, Mokřinky and Zálužné. Above podhradí the Moravice by means of a weir in the expansion memory podhradí ( Vyrovnávací nádrž podhradí ) jammed again. On the left side of the valley are the ruins of the castle Vikštejn.

When Albrechtičky Mlýn ( Olbersdorfer mill) on the left side of the river runs three and a half kilometer long white chicken channel ( Weisshuhnův kanál ). The aqueduct was built for the paper mill by Carl Weiss chicken in Žimrovice 1890-1891 via two aqueducts and through three tunnels. The channel is still fully operational.

At Žimrovice past, the river finally winds to the northeast, reaching over Opava, Branka u Opavy and Kylešovice east of Opava Opava the. After 100.5 km Moravice the opposite of Malé Hoštice opens into 242 m asl in the Opava. The catchment area of ​​899.9 km ² Moravice is.

Inflows

  • Bělokamenný Potok ( White Stone river, l), Malá Morávka
  • Rudny Potok (r ), Malá Morávka
  • Mlýnský Potok ( Seifenbach, r), Lesní Mlýn
  • Moravický Potok ( Kleinmohraubach, r), Dolni Moravice
  • Podolský Potok ( Podolskybach, r), above Velka Štáhle
  • Polička ( Politzbach, r), Břidličná
  • Lomnický Potok ( Tille villages Bach, r) at Valšov
  • Kočovský Potok ( Kriegsdorfer Bach, l) at Valšov
  • Mýdlový Potok (r ) near Nová Pláň
  • Černý Potok ( Schwarzenbach, l), dam Slezská Harta
  • Volárenský Potok ( Ochsenbach, r), dam Slezská Harta
  • Razovský Potok ( Raasebach, l), dam Slezská Harta
  • Lesná ( Kreibischbach, r), Moravian Harta
  • Bílčický Potok ( Heidenpiltscher Bach, r), below Moravian Harta
  • Lobnik ( Lobnig, r), dam Kružberk
  • Melčský Potok ( Ratkauer Bach, l), above the Albrechtičky Mlýn
  • Meleček ( Meleczekbach, l), Žimrovice
  • Hradečná ( Hradecznabach, r), Opava
  • Hvozdnice ( Hasnitz, l) above Kylešovice
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