Moravian Thaya | |
Source1 Location: | Panenská Rozsíčka, Křižanov Highlands |
Mouth Coordinates: | 48.8478°N 15.4903°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Countries |
Subdivision Type2: | Regions/ States |
Length: | 68.2km (42.4miles) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 3m3/s |
Basin Size: | 630.3km2 |
The Moravian Thaya (Czech: Moravská Dyje, German: Mährische Thaya) is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a left tributary of the Thaya River. It flows through the Vysočina and South Bohemian regions and through Lower Austria. It is 68.2km (42.4miles) long.
The Moravian Thaya originates in the territory of Panenská Rozsíčka in the Křižanov Highlands at the elevation of and flows to Raabs an der Thaya, where it enters the Thaya River at the elevation of . It is 68.2km (42.4miles) long, of which 55.6km (34.5miles) is in the Czech Republic. Its drainage basin has an area of 630.3km2, of which 561.7km2 is in the Czech Republic.[1] [2]
The longest tributaries of the Moravian Thaya are:
Tributary | Length (km) | Side | |
---|---|---|---|
Vápovka | 28.4 | left | |
Bolíkovský potok | 25.7 | left | |
Myslůvka | 16.2 | right |
The largest town on the river is Dačice. The river flows past the municipalities of Panenská Rozsíčka, Bezděkov, Sedlejov, Urbanov, Žatec, Dyjice, Radkov and Černíč in the Vysočina Region, then it continues past Dačice, Cizkrajov, Staré Hobzí and Písečné in the South Bohemian Region before crossing the border into Austria.
In Austria, it enters the Raabs an der Thaya municipality and flows to the town proper of Raabs an der Thaya, where it joins the German Thaya. From there, the unified Thaya river flows generally eastward and re-enters the Czech Republic.
The river feeds the Černíčský Pond and the small water reservoir of Ivanka. The largest body of water in the basin is the Nová Říše Reservoir with an area of .[1]
About of the river and its immediate surroundings between Dačice and the Czech-Austrian border are protected as Moravská Dyje Nature Monument. The protected area is . Among the protected species of animals found here are the Eurasian otter, duck mussel, painter's mussel, Amur bitterling, schneider and European crayfish.[3] [4]