Punkva

The Punkevní

Punkevní is a river in okres Blansko in the Czech Republic. It is 29 km long, the catchment area is 170 km ². The small river has become known nationwide as a part of the stretch of river runs through the underground of the Moravian Karst.

Course

The Punkevní arises voda in the underground of the Moravian Karst by the confluence of the streams Sloupský creek and Bila. Both inflows initially run above ground. Sloupský creek created by the union of the streams Luha and Suchy Potok above the Sloup. Below Sloupsko the stream flows and seeps through the deeper layers of the caves Sloupsko - šošůvské jeskyně and Amatérská jeskyně ( amateur cave ). The second tributary, Bila voda, rises near Protivanov, falls in Holštejn into the abyss Nová Rasovna and also be run underground shall be continued until the amateur cave. There, both streams and the watercourse, which is henceforth called Punkevní connect, enters the abyss chasm.

From chasm from the Punkevní through which water flows Dome of Punkvahöhlen where they can be ridden on boats. Just before exiting the karst underground river takes the waters of the subterranean streams Lopače and Krasovsky on creek. The Punkevní occurs on the boundary of Vavrinec na Moravě light again.

On the surface, the river crosses the deep, forested valley Punkevní with some small ponds and then flows through the valley Arnoštovo 's Valley along the local industrial development. At the edge of the Blansko Punkevní opens into the Svitava.

Conservation

The Punkevní Valley with its numerous caves and karst phenomena has been declared in 1997 on an area of ​​556.5 acres to the National Nature Reserve Vývěry Punkvy. Together with the underground river, it is since 2004 one of the eleven protected under the Ramsar Convention on wetlands in the Czech Republic.