The Chvojnica is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in western
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. It is a left tributary to the
Morava, into which it flows near the town of
Holíč. Its source is in the
White Carpathians. It is long and its basin size is .
Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Moravy
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Etymology
The name comes from Slavic ''chvojъ'', ''chvoja''—tree branches.
References
Rivers of Slovakia
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