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The Sokolov Basin or Falkenau Basin (german: Falkenauer Becken, formerly also ''Falkenau-Elbogen-Karlsbader Becken''; cz, Sokolovská pánev) is a
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
and geomorphological unit in 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 ...
. It is located in northwestern
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
and covers an area of 312 km². The basin has an average width of eight kilometres and runs along the southern foot of the
Ore Mountains.
Geography
To the north rise the
Ore Mountains, to the northeast the Sokolov Basin joins the
Eger Graben
The Eger Graben (much less commonly called the Ohre or Ohře Graben; cs, Oherský rift, german: Egergraben) is a geological structure in the Czech Republic. It runs southwards, parallel to the Ore Mountains and its formation is linked with th ...
. To the east it is bounded by the
Doupov Mountains
Doupov Mountains ( cs, Doupovské hory, german: Duppauer Gebirge) is a cenozoic volcanic mountain range with the typical structure of stratovolcano. The centre of the stratovolcano was in the place of a former town of Doupov.
The highest mounta ...
and to the south by the
Slavkovský les. In the west it joins the
Eger Basin at the ''Kulmer Schwelle''. Its highest elevation at 573 metres is the Dvorský vrch (''Casperberg'') near
Děpoltovice in the Chodau Basin, followed by the Drsný vrch (''Mariahilfberg'') on the Kulmer Schwelle at 570 metres.
The main river is the
Eger
Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque build ...
, that flows through the basin from southwest to northeast. From the Ore Mountains come the rivers of the
Zwodau,
Rolava
The Rolava (german: Rohlau) is a left tributary of the Eger river (Czech: ''Ohře'') in the northwest of the Czech Republic. It is long, and its basin area is .
It rises in the Bohemian part of the Ore Mountains about 2 km north of the vil ...
and
Bystřice and the
Teplá
Teplá (german: Tepl) is a town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone.
Administrative parts
Villages of ...
flows into the basin from the Kaiserwald
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Drainage basins of the Czech Republic