The Lower Morava Valley ( cs, Dolnomoravský úval, Jihomoravská pánev; sk, Dolnomoravský úval; german: Nieder March Talsenke) is a

geomorphological Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or ...

formation (special type of

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ove ...

) in the

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 ...

and

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

. It is formed by the depression in the Western Carpathians ( Ždánice Forest, Kyjov Hills and Mikulov Hills) in the west and Bílé Karpaty and Chvojnice Hills in the east. The drainage to the Morava River of the Danube basin runs finally to the

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. It includes low

watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

Dyje-Morava in Lanžhot.

Geography

The Lower Morava Valley is a nordest part of Vienna Basin ( Western Carpathians) and the corridor to Napajedla Gate, Upper Morava Valley,

Moravian Gate The Moravian Gate ( cs, Moravská brána, pl, Brama Morawska, german: Mährische Pforte, sk, Moravská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland. It is formed by the ...

and later in final goal North European Plain (

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

- Lower Silesia –

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) since ancient times. Here ran one arm of the most important trade routes from southern Europe to the

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(e.g. the

Amber Road The Amber Road was an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber from coastal areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Prehistoric trade routes between Northern and Southern Europe were defined by the amber trade. ...

– eastern branch) and also routes from Moravia to Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland. The Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (one part) built in 1840–41 from

Břeclav Břeclav (; german: Lundenburg) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Town parts of Charvátská Nová Ves and Poštorná are administrative parts of Břeclav. Etymol ...

(Vienna) to Přerov also traversed the Lower Morava Valley. The Morava and

Thaya The Thaya ( cs, Dyje ) is a river in Central Europe, the longest tributary to the river Morava. Its drainage basin is . It is ( with its longest source river German Thaya) long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower ...

rivers,

Myjava (river) The Myjava River is a river in western Slovakia and for a small part in the Czech Republic and left tributary of the Morava. It is long. It rises in the White Carpathians near the village of Nová Lhota in Moravia, but crosses the Czech-Slov ...

, Chvojnice, Trkmanka, Kyjovka as well among others, finishing here in theirs

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...

s.FIELD TRIP to the floodplain forests of the Lower Morava Biosphere Reserve
/ref> The largest towns in Lower Morava Valley are

, Hodonín, Uherské Hradiště, Staré Město,

Dubňany Dubňany () is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,200 inhabitants. Geography Dubňany is located about north of Hodonín. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Valley. The Kyj ...

, and

Strážnice Strážnice (german: Straßnitz) is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Ety ...

Soil horizon A soil horizon is a layer parallel to the soil surface whose physical, chemical and biological characteristics differ from the layers above and beneath. Horizons are defined in many cases by obvious physical features, mainly colour and texture. ...

– mainly

sand Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class ...

, fluvisol and

loess Loess (, ; from german: Löss ) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. Ten percent of Earth's land area is covered by loess or similar deposits. Loess is a periglacial or aeoli ...

, partly chernozem.

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Geomorfologické clenení Ceska.jpg, Lower Morava Valley (olive green) down right Dyje-Morava confluence 01.jpg, Riparian forest by the Morava–Thaya confluence Morava hodonin holic.jpg, Lower Morava Valley landscape Hodonín surrounding Náklo (vrch), altán.jpg, View from Náklo Hill (265 m) to the Lower Morava Valley

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

Uherské Hradiště, archeologická lokalita Sady "Špitálky".jpg, View of the Lower Morava Valley from the Sady

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...

Geography

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