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The Elbe (German: ⓘ; Czech: Labe ⓘ; Low German: Ilv or Elv; Upper and Lower Sorbian: Łobjo, pronounced) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 kilometres (68 miles) northwest of Hamburg.
It flows to Litoměřice, where it enters the Elbe River at an elevation of 143 m (469 ft). [4] The Ohře flows through the Fichtel Mountains in an eastward direction, through Lake Weissenstadt (Weißenstädter See) and through the towns of Röslau and Marktleuthen, and, after almost 50 km, reaches the Czech-German border near Hohenberg an der ...
While the Elbe is the longest Czech-related river when measured through its overall length (i.e. including its lower course in Germany), its tributary the Vltava surpasses it as the longest river within the territory of the Czech Republic itself. (In fact the Vltava also carries more water than the Elbe at their confluence.)
The Vltava (/ ˈ v ʊ l t ə v ə, ˈ v ʌ l-/ VU(U)L-tə-və, [1] [2] [3] Czech: ⓘ; German: Moldau ⓘ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague. It is commonly referred to ...
smallest flow: Dischmabach → Landwasser → Albula → Hinterrhein (sum = 72 km) → Rhine longest course: Rein da Medel → Vorderrhein (sum = 74 km)→ Rhine Elbe
It is Poland's second-longest river and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and its largest tributary the Warta. [1] The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows 742 kilometres (461 mi) through western Poland, later forming 187 kilometres (116 mi) of the border between Poland and Germany as part of the Oder–Neisse line. [2]
The Saale (German pronunciation: ⓘ), also known as the Saxon Saale (German: Sächsische Saale pronounced [ˈzɛksɪʃə ˈzaːlə] ⓘ) and Thuringian Saale (German: Thüringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe.
The Mrlina originates in the territory of Markvartice in the Jičín Uplands at an elevation of 376 m (1,234 ft) and flows to Nymburk, where it enters the Elbe River at an elevation of 183 m (600 ft). The river is 49.6 km (30.8 mi) long. Its drainage basin has an area of 656.7 km 2 (253.6 sq mi). [2] The longest tributaries of the Mrlina are: [3]