Vsetínská Bečva (formerly: ''Horní Bečva'';

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: ''Obere Betschwa'') is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in the

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, the left

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Bečva The Bečva (; german: Betschwa, also ''Betsch'', ''Beczwa'') is a river in the Czech Republic. It is a left tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A ...

. It originates in the

Javorníky The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''Javorníky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Its highest point is Veľký ...

mountain range at the elevation of 896 m and flows to

Valašské Meziříčí Valašské Meziříčí (; german: Wallachisch Meseritsch) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban mon ...

, where it joins with Rožnovská Bečva to form the river Bečva. It is long, and its basin area is about , of which in the Czech Republic. It flows through numerous towns and villages, including Velké Karlovice,

Karolinka Karolinka(until 1951 Karolinina Huť; german: Charlottenhütte) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants. Etymology The name is a Czech diminutive form of woman name Caroline. It wa ...

Nový Hrozenkov Nový Hrozenkov is a market town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. Nový Hrozenkov lies on the Vsetínská Bečva river, approximately east of Vsetín, east of Zlín, and east of Pra ...

, Halenkov, Huslenky, Hovězí, Janová, Ústí,

Vsetín Vsetín () is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. Originally a small town, Vsetín has become an important centre of industrial, economic, cultural and sports life during the 20th century. Administ ...

, Jablůnka, Pržno, Bystřička, Jarcová and

. Its longest tributary is the Senice.

References

Rivers of the Zlín Region Vsetín District {{CzechRepublic-river-stub