The Ploučnice (german: Polzen) is a river in the

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. It is a

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of the

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, which it flows into in Děčín. It is long, and its basin area is about , of which in the Czech Republic.

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* Horáčková J. & Juřičková L. (2013)
"Nivní malakofauna Ploučnice (Severní Čechy). The floodplain mollusc fauna of the Ploučnice River (North Bohemia)"
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'' 12: 40–47. * Beran L. (1998). "Vodní měkkýši Ploučnice". ''Bezděz, vlastivědný sborník Českolipska'', Česká Lípa 7: 173–180. Rivers of the Liberec Region Rivers of the Ústí nad Labem Region Populated places in Děčín District {{CzechRepublic-river-stub