The Ropičanka ( pl, Ropiczanka) is a -long stream in the
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region ( cs, Moravskoslezský kraj; pl, Kraj morawsko-śląski; sk, Moravsko-sliezsky kraj) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region ( cs, Ostravský ...
,
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 ...
. It is a left tributary of the
Olza Olza may refer to:
*Olza (river), a river in the Czech Republic and Poland
*Olza, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in Poland
*Cendea de Olza/Oltza Zendea, a municipality in Spain
*SS Olza, SS ''Olza'', a Polish ship
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, which it enters on the outskirts of
Český Těšín
Český Těšín (; pl, Czeski Cieszyn ; german: Tschechisch-Teschen) is a town in the Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants.
Český Těšín lies on the west bank of the Olza r ...
. The Ropičanka flows through
Řeka
( pl, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Polish minority makes up 10.1% of the population.
Etymology
The name literally means "river" ...
,
Smilovice,
Střítež and
Ropice
( pl, , german: Roppitz) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.
Polish minority makes up 19.6% of the population.
Etymology
The name is ...
(from source to mouth). A small portion of its volume (about 0.07 m³/s or 2.5 ft³/s) is diverted to the
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 ...
of the
Stonávka
(Polish: ) is a river in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
It is a left tributary of the Olza River, which it enters in Karviná
Karviná (; pl, Karwina, , german: ...
in order to increase the flow rate at the
Těrlicko Dam
Těrlicko (; pl, , german: Tierlitzko) is a municipality in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,800 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Těrlicko is made up of villages of Dolní Těrlicko, Horn ...
.
References
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Rivers of the Moravian-Silesian Region
Frýdek-Místek District
Český Těšín
Cieszyn Silesia
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