Orlice

The confluence of the Eagles and the Elbe in Hradec Králové

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The Eagles ( Czech Orlice ) is a left tributary of the Elbe river in the Czech Republic. It is the second largest river in eastern Bohemia. Its length is 32.7 km from the confluence of the Wild Eagle ( 98.2 km long) and the Silent Eagle ( 104.5 km long) south of Albrechtice nad Orlicí to the mouth of the Elbe in Hradec Králové.

Catchment area

The total water area is 2036.2 km ², on the Czech territory which accounts for 1959.1 km ², the rest of Poland.

The Wild Eagle ( Divoká Orlice ) is the right source river and leads their water from the northern Eagle Mountains and the Habelschwerdter Mountains. The catchment area of the left source flux, the Silent Eagle ( Ticha Orlice ), has a size of 755 km ² and consists of the western part of the Hanns villages highlands ( Hanušovická Highlands ), the Eagle foothills ( Podorlická pahorkatina ) and the Chotzener panel ( Choceňská tabule ).

The eagle is one of the least polluted rivers in the Czech Republic and, together with its many bayous an important part of the natural park Orlice, which also includes several protected areas and nature reserves are.

Course

The river runs to the west, lie to him the towns Týniště nad Orlicí, Petro Vice, Štěnkov, Třebechovice pod Orebem, Nepasice, Blešno and Svinary. In the area of ​​the mouth of the average flow rate is 21.8 m³ / s In the area of ​​the mouth at Eagle power plant in Hradec Králové, the average flow rate is 21.8 m³ / s

Inflows

Tributaries of the right bank eagles are the Dědina, left bank, there are only streams.