Zwota (River)

The Svatava (in German: ''Zwodau'', also ''Zwotau''; further upstream ''Zwotawasser'', then ''Zwota'') is a river of Saxony, Germany and of the Czech Republic. It is a left tributary of the Ohře.

Course

From its source south of Schöneck (Germany), in the crest regions of the Saxon Vogtland, the river is called Zwotawasser. After its merge with the river Wolfsbach, it is called Zwotau until the Czech border.

The Zwota's river valley then runs east between Wolfsberg (771 m) in the north and the Hoher Brand. Along its course range the villages Oberzwota, Zechenbach, Zwota and the border town of Klingenthal, where the Brunndöbra joins it. Downstream the Brunndöbra's embouchure, the south-east-bound river is called Zwodau, or Zwotau, and shapes the national border between Germany and the Czech Republic for approximately . After that it continues its flow as Zwodau in a steep valley of the Bohemian Erzgebirge. Along the Zwodau lies the town of Kraslice, after that its course comes through Anenské Údoli, meandering towards Hory, flowing through Oloví, Hřebeny and Luh into the coal-mining area of the Sokolovská pánev. Along the underflow of the Zwodau, there are the villages of Davidov and Svatava. After , the Svatava joins the Ohře in Sokolov.

Tributaries

*Glasbach (l), Zwota
* Döbra (l), Klingenthal
*Grenzbach (l),
*Bublavský potok (German: ''Schwaderbach'') (l), Kraslice
*Stříbrný potok (German: ''Silberbach'') (l), Kraslice
*Rotava (German: ''Rothau'') (l), Anenské Údoli

Special features

The Zwotatal represents an important traffic route through the south-west of the Erzgebirge. Besides more than one Bundesstraße, there is a railway connection from Zwickau via Zwotental, Klingenthal and Kraslice alongside the river towards Sokolov.

See also

* List of rivers of Saxony
*List of rivers of the Czech Republic

References

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Rivers of Saxony
Rivers of the Karlovy Vary Region
Vogtland
International rivers of Europe
Rivers of Germany
Czech Republic–Germany border
Border rivers