The Rolava (german: Rohlau) is a left tributary of the

Ohře The Ohře () or, slightly less commonly in English sources, the Eger (, Czech also: ''Oharka'' or ''Ohara'', Celtic: ''Agara'', pl, Ohrza), is a 316 km river in Germany (50 km) and the Czech Republic (266 km), left tributary of t ...

river in the northwest of the

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. It is long, and its basin area is . It rises in the Czech part of the Ore Mountains near the border with

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, in the territory of

Přebuz Přebuz (german: Frühbuß) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It is the smallest town in the Czech Republic by population, which was 77 inhabitants as of 2022. History The foundation of Přebuz is con ...

. North of its source is the

raised bog Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation ( ombro ...

of Großer Kranichsee, whose waters the Rolava partly collects. During its course in a mainly southeasterly direction the river flows between Vysoká Pec and Nové Hamry, then through

Nejdek Nejdek (; german: Neudek) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It has about 7,600 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Bernov, Fojtov, Lesík, Lužec, Oldřichov, Pozorka, Suchá, Tisová and V ...

, Smolné Pece and

Nová Role Nová Role (german: Neurohlau) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Jimlíkov and Mezirolí are administrative parts of Nová Role. G ...

. It then flows through

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. ...

from northwest to southeast and discharges into the Ohře.

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Rivers of the Karlovy Vary Region Rivers of the Ore Mountains {{CzechRepublic-river-stub