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 s ...
''(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 km
2.
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
Moravské Bránice (formerly České Bránice; german: Mährisch Branitz, Böhmisch Branitz) is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Moravské Brán ...
,
Nové Bránice
Nové Bránice (until 1947 ''Německé Bránice''; german: Deutsch Branitz) is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Nové Bránice lies on the Jihlav ...
,
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
Pravlov (german: Prahlitz) is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Pravlov lies on the Jihlava River, approximately south-west of Brno and south-ea ...
,
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.
Administrative ...
,
Jihlávka and
Rokytná.
References
Rivers of the Vysočina Region
Rivers of the South Moravian Region
Brno-Country District
Jihlava District
Třebíč District
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