The Lučina () is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the

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, a right tributary of the

Ostravice Ostravice (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants. Geography Ostravice is located about south of Frýdek-Místek and south of Ostrava ...

. It flows through the

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...

. It is long.

Etymology

Until 1956, the river was named Lucina. After the municipality of Lučina was founded in 1956, the river was renamed Lučina.

Characteristic

The Lučina originates in the territory of

Komorní Lhotka Komorní Lhotka (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority. The folk architecture in the ...

in the

Moravian-Silesian Beskids The Moravian-Silesian Beskids (Czech: , ) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part of the Western Beskids within ...

at an elevation of and flows to

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

, where it merges with the Ostravice 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 . The longest tributaries of the Lučina are: In addition to its tributaries, the river receives water from the Morávka River through the Morávka–Žermanice canal (also called Vyšní Lhoty–Žermanice canal). The canal was built in 1953–1958 and has a length of . Its purpose is to strengthen the flood protection of settlements on the lower course of the Morávka.

Course

The river flows through the municipal territories of

, Vyšní Lhoty, Dobratice,

Nošovice Nošovice (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name originates from ''lokator'' Potmienoss, who settled with his people ...

, Vojkovice,

Horní Domaslavice Horní Domaslavice () is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Geography Horní Domaslavice is located about east of Frýdek-Místek, in the h ...

, Lučina,

Žermanice Žermanice is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Geography Žermanice is located about northeast of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava ...

Horní Bludovice Horní Bludovice (, ) is a municipality and village in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants. Administrative division Horní Bludovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets p ...

Havířov Havířov () is a city in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 69,000 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in the region. Havířov was founded in 1955 and is the youngest Czech city. It is ...

Šenov Šenov (; ; ) is a town in Ostrava-City District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,600 inhabitants. Geography Šenov is located southeast of Ostrava, in its immediate vicinity. It is urbanistically fused with ...

and

Bodies of water

The

Žermanice Reservoir Žermanice Reservoir () is a water reservoir and dam in Lučina in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It was built on the Lučina River in 1951–1957 on an area of . The reservoir is named after the village of Žermanice. In a ...

is built on the river.

Nature

The Lučina originates in the

Beskydy Protected Landscape Area Beskydy Protected Landscape Area (PLA) (, abbreviated as ''CHKO Beskydy'') is the largest PLA in the Czech Republic. The area is . Geography Beskydy PLA lies in the south-eastern part of the Moravian Silesian and eastern part of Zlín regions, ...

. The

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the Channel (geography), channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erosion, erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank, cut bank or river cl ...

s of the river in the area of Havířov is protected as the Meandry Lučiny Nature Monument with an area of . The main object of protection is the unregulated river flow of the Lučina, which enables the further development of river meanders. There is a rich species diversity, including 15 species of dragonflies, 13 species of fish and endangered species of amphibians. Protected animals that live in the river include the

common minnow ''Phoxinus phoxinus'' (known colloquially as the Eurasian minnow, minnow, Channel minnow, or common minnow) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, minnows and related fishes. It i ...

and European crayfish. The river is also a nesting place for the

common kingfisher The common kingfisher (''Alcedo atthis''), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of ...

In literature

The book ''Most nad Łucyną'' ("Bridge over the Lučina") by poet

Wiesław Adam Berger Wiesław Adam Berger (6 June 1926 – 15 January 1998) was a Polish Czech writer. He was connected with the Trans-Olza region of Cieszyn Silesia. Biography Berger was born on 6 June 1926 in Ostrava. He lived from 1927 to 1940 (and also several ...

is centered on the river.

References

External links

River flow at Radvanice station
– Flood Warning and Forecasting Service of the

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI; ) is the central state office of the Czech Republic in the fields of air quality, meteorology, climatology and hydrology. It is an organization established by the Ministry of the Environment of the Cz ...

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