The Želivka 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 w ...

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 ...

, 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 drai ...

of the

Sázava River Sázava () is the name of a river in Bohemia, Czech Republic, and a number of localities named after the river: *Sázava (river) *Sázava (town), a town in the Central Bohemian Region ** Sázava Monastery in Sázava * Sázava (Ústí nad Orlicí D ...

. It originates at the northern slope of the Troják Mountain at the elevation of 677 m. Above Sedlice Reservoir it bears the name Hejlovka. It enters the Sázava River near

Zruč nad Sázavou Zruč nad Sázavou () is a town in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Domahoř, Dubina, Nesměřice and Želivec are administrative parts of Z ...

. It is long, and its basin area is . Its longest tributary is the Trnava River. Švihov Reservoir on the Želivka provides water supply for most of the

Central Bohemian Region The Central Bohemian Region ( cz, Středočeský kraj, german: Mittelböhmische Region) is an administrative unit ( cz, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in ...

and the city of Prague.

References

Rivers of the Vysočina Region Rivers of the Central Bohemian Region {{CzechRepublic-river-stub

See also

References