Punkva is a long river in South Moravia,

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. It is a Subterranean river in the Moravian Karst and a left tributary of the Svitava. It is the longest underground river in the Czech Republic. The river forms underground as a confluence of two other underground streams. Sloupský potok is the large of the two and enters the underground within the Sloup-Šošuv cave system near Sloup. Its own source is the Luha, which is therefore Punkva's ultimate source. The other source is Bílá Voda, which sinks near Nová Rasovna cave by

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The river flows into the Macocha Gorge and forms a small lake at the bottom. The water reenters the underground thereafter and forms the Punkva Caves, which are a tourist attraction attached to Macocha. Tourists are taken by boat through a part of the system. After leaving the caves Punkva flows through a valley and several

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s. Multiple small local streams are its right tributaries. It enters the Svitava on the southern side of Blansko and its flow joins the

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watershed.

External Links

Turistika.cz: Punkva
Rivers of the South Moravian Region Blansko District {{CzechRepublic-river-stub