Oskava is a river in the

Olomouc Region Olomouc Region ( cs, Olomoucký kraj; , ; pl, Kraj ołomuniecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (''Morava'') and in a small part of t ...

of 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 ...

, left tributary of the Morava river. Its length is 50.3 km and its drainage basin covers 569 km². The mean annual discharge at its mouth is 3.53 m³/s. The Oskava originates from southeast slope of Kamenná hora in

Hrubý Jeseník Hrubý Jeseník (, , ) is a mountain range of Eastern Sudetes in northern Moravia and Czech Silesia. It is the second highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. Its best known natural sights include: *Praděd, its highest mountain *A powerf ...

, 215 meters above sea level. The river is surrounded by woods in upper reaches, flows through hills of

Hanušovice Highlands Hanušovice Highlands ( cs, Hanušovická vrchovina, german: Hannsdorfer Bergland) are highlands within the Eastern Sudetes mountain range that runs between Poland and the Czech Republic. It is named after Hanušovice town. The area is 793 ...

in middle reaches and its lower reaches is situated in swampy floodplain of

Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area ( cs, Chráněná krajinná oblast Litovelské Pomoraví, usually abbreviated as ''CHKO Litovelské Pomoraví'') is a protected landscape area in the floodplain of the Morava River, north of Olomouc ...

. The Oskava empties into Morava near

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

. The Oskava is used as a source of water for two ponds – Dolní Libina Pond and Šumvald Pond.

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Rivers of the Olomouc Region Olomouc District Šumperk District {{CzechRepublic-river-stub