The Jihlava (german: Igel) 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 the

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...

(

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 ...

), a right

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 drainage ...

of the Svratka River. It originates in the

Bohemian-Moravian Highlands The Bohemian-Moravian Highlands ( cs, Českomoravská vrchovina or ''Vysočina''; german: Böhmisch-Mährische Höhe) is a geomorphological macroregion and mountain range in the Czech Republic. Its highest peaks are the Javořice at and Devět ...

''(Českomoravská vrchovina)'' upland at the elevation of 665 m and flows to the

Nové Mlýny reservoirs The Nové Mlýny reservoirs ( cs, Vodní dílo Nové Mlýny) are three reservoirs behind the Nové Mlýny Dam on the Thaya River in the Czech Republic. The lower reservoir, 1,668 ha in area, is the Novomlýnská (or Nové Mlýny) Reservoir, the ...

, where it enters the Svratka River. It is 180.8 km long, and its basin area is 2,997 km². It flows through numerous towns and villages, including Jihlávka, Horní Ves,

Horní Cerekev Horní Cerekev (german: Ober Zerekwe) is a town in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Chrástov, Hříběcí, Těšenov and Turovka are administrativ ...

, Batelov, Dolní Cerekev, Kostelec, Dvorce, Rantířov,

Jihlava Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihlava i ...

Malý Beranov Malý Beranov () is a municipality and village in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Malý Beranov lies on the Jihlava River, approximately east of Jihlava and south-east of Prague ...

Luka nad Jihlavou Luka nad Jihlavou (, german: Wiese an der Igel) is a market town in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Hamlets of Otín, Předboř and Svatoslav are administrative p ...

, Bítovčice,

Bransouze Bransouze is a municipality and village in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Bransouze lies on the Jihlava River, approximately north-west of Třebíč, south-east of Jihlava, and so ...

Číchov Číchov is a municipality and village in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Geography Číchov is located about northwest of Třebíč and southeast of Jihlava. It lies in the Křiža ...

, Přibyslavice,

Třebíč Třebíč (; german: Trebitsch; yi, טרייביטש Treybitsh) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants. The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictine ...

Vladislav Vladislav ( be, Уладзіслаў (', '); pl, Władysław (disambiguation), Władysław, ; Russian language, Russian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, sh-Cyrl, Владислав ...

, Kramolín,

Mohelno Mohelno is a market town in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. Mohelno lies on the Jihlava River, approximately south-east of Třebíč, south-east of Jihlava, and south-east of Pr ...

, Biskoupky,

Ivančice Ivančice (; german: Eibenschütz, yi, אייבעשיץ) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as a ...

, Moravské Bránice, Nové Bránice,

Dolní Kounice Dolní Kounice (; german: Kanitz) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. Geography Dolní Kounice is situated about south of Brno in the valley of the Jihlava River. ...

, Pravlov, Kupařovice, Medlov,

Pohořelice Pohořelice (; german: Pohrlitz) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Nová Ves and Smolín are administrative parts of Pohořelice ...

, Přibice, Ivaň. The

Dalešice Hydro Power Plant Dalešice Hydro Power Plant on the Jihlava River is a large power plant in the Czech Republic that has four Francis turbines with a nominal capacity of each and a total capacity of . The old turbines before the 1999–2007 reconstruction had a ...

, including the Dalešice and Mohelno Dams, are constructed on the river. The longest tributaries of the river are the

Oslava The Oslava is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Jihlava River. It originates in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands at an elevation of 567 m and flows to Ivančice, where it enters the Jihlava River. It is 99.2 km long, and ...

Brtnice Brtnice (; german: Pirnitz) is a town in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrativ ...

, Jihlávka and Rokytná.

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Rivers of the Vysočina Region Rivers of the South Moravian Region Brno-Country District Jihlava District Třebíč District {{CzechRepublic-river-stub