The Bečva (; german: Betschwa, also ''Betsch'', ''Beczwa'') is a river in the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. It is a left
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the river
Morava. The Bečva is created by two source streams, the northern
Rožnovská Bečva (whose valley separates the
Moravian-Silesian Beskids in the north from the
Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains in the south) and the southern
Vsetínská Bečva (whose valley separates the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains in the north from the Javorníky in the south). It is 61.6 km long, and its basin area is 1,613 km
2.
References
Moravian-Silesian Beskids
Rivers of the Olomouc Region
Rivers of the Zlín Region
Braided rivers in Europe
Moravian Wallachia
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