Morava River (Central Europe)

The Morava (Czech / Slovak: Morava; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is the most important river of Moravia, which derives its name from it. The river originates at the Králický Sněžník mountain in the northwestern corner of Moravia, near the border between the Czech Republic and Poland and has a vaguely southern trajectory. The lower part of the course of the rivers forms the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia and then between Austria and Slovakia.

Avg. Discharge: 120 m3/s

The lowlands formed by the river are the Upper Moravian Vale (Hornomoravský úval) and then the Lower Moravian Vale (Dolnomoravský úval) in Moravia, the Marchfeld or Moravian Field (plain between the northeast of Vienna and the Morava river) in Lower Austria, and the Záhorie Lowland (Záhorská nížina) in Slovakia (plain between Moravia and Bratislava).

After approximately 358 kilometers, the Morava meets the Danube at Bratislava-Devín. The only major cities along the river are Olomouc in Moravia and the Slovak capital Bratislava.

Its most important tributary is the Thaya (in German) or Dyje (in Czech and in Slovak), flowing in the border area of Lower Austria and Moravia. Another tributary is the river Myjava (which flows into Morava at Kúty).