The Košátecký potok is a

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in the

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, a right

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of the

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River. It flows through the

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. It is long, but the upper course of the stream is dry for most of the year.

Etymology

The name means '

Košátky Košátky is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe ...

stream' in Czech.

Characteristic

The Košátecký potok originates in the territory of

Mšeno Mšeno (; ) is a town in Mělník District the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban ...

in the Jizera Table at an elevation of and flows to Neratovice, where it enters the Elbe River at an elevation of . It is long. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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, ...

has an area of . The average discharge at its mouth is , however, the average discharge at 13.9 river km in Košátky is only . The upper course of the stream up to Chotětov dry up and there is usually water in it only during the spring. The longest tributaries of the Košátecký potok are:

Course

The stream flows through the municipal territories of

, Vrátno, Boreč, Stránka, Velké Všelisy, Sovínky, Nemyslovice, Chotětov, Kropáčova Vrutice,

, Byšice, Liblice, Čečelice, Všetaty, Tišice and Neratovice.

Bodies of water

There are 97 bodies of water in the basin area, but none of them is notable. The fishpond Jezero is built in the area of the stream's spring.

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