The Vydra (
Czech
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Places
* Czech, ...
for "
otter", german: Widra) is a river in the
Czech Republic
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.
The Vydra begins in the
Bohemian Forest
The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as Šumava () and in German as Böhmerwald, is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from Plzeň Region and South Bohemia in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria ...
near
Modrava
Modrava (german: Mader) is a municipality and village in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Filipova Huť is an administrative part of Modrava.
Geography
...
, at the confluence of the
Roklanský potok and the
Modravský potok. However, the potok's tributary, the
Luzenský potok originates slightly across the
Germany–Czech Republic border up the north slopes of Mt.
Lusen ( cs, Luzný) in
Bavaria
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, which is considered to be the Vydra's true source.
From Modrava, the Vydra flows northward and merges with the
Křemelná west of
Svojše to form the
Otava.
External links
Vydra Hydroelectric Power Station*http://www.jiznicechy.org/en/index.php?path=prir/vydra.htm
Rivers of the Plzeň Region
Bohemian Forest
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