The Klejnárka is a

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in the

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, a left

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of the

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Repu ...

River. It flows through the

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. It is long.

Characteristic

The Klejnárka originates in the territory of

Dobrovítov Dobrovítov is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Dědice is an administrative part of Dobrovítov. Geography ...

in the

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at the elevation of and flows to

Konárovice Konárovice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Etymology Konárovice was formerly called Koňařovice. The name was derived from ''koňař'' ("hor ...

, where it enters the Elbe River at the elevation of . It is long. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

has an area of . The longest tributaries of the Klejnárka are:

Settlements

The Klejnárka does not flow through any significant settlement, it only briefly crosses the territory of

Čáslav Čáslav (; german: Tschaslau) is a town in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 10,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administ ...

. The river flows northward through the municipal territories of

, Čejkovice,

Zbýšov Zbýšov is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants. Geography Zbýšov is located about west of Brno. It lies on the border between the Křižanov Highlands and Boskov ...

, Hraběšín, Krchleby, Vodranty, Močovice, Čáslav, Třebešice, Církvice, Nové Dvory,

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Starý Kolín Starý Kolín is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Bašta is an administrative part of Starý Kolín. Etymology ...

and

Bodies of water

There are 395 bodies of water in the basin area. The largest of them is the Vrchlice Reservoir with an area of , built on the Vrchlice. A system of ponds is built on the upper course of the Klejnárka. The largest of them is Zbýšovský Pond with an area of .

Protection of nature

On the upper course of the river near the source, the Jánský potok Nature Monument was declared. It has an area of . The reason for protection is a set of water and meadow ecosystems with the occurrence of

common minnow The Eurasian minnow, minnow, or common minnow (''Phoxinus phoxinus'') is a small species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is the type species of genus ''Phoxinus''. It is ubiquitous throughout much of Eurasia, from Britain and ...

and other protected species of plants and animals.

References

External links

Monitoring
on the website of the Povodí Labe administrator {{DEFAULTSORT:Klejnarka Rivers of the Central Bohemian Region