Divoká Orlice ( pl, Dzika Orlica, german: Wilde Adler, English: ''Wild Eagle'') is a river in the
Sudetes, separating the
Bystrzyckie Mountains and
Orlické Mountains
The Orlické Mountains ( cs, Orlické hory, pl, Góry Orlickie, german: Adlergebirge) or Eagle Mountains are a mountain range located mainly in northeastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is a mesoregion of the Central Sudetes. They follow ...
. It is one of the main tributaries of the
Orlice River, and is a part of
Elbe
The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Re ...
river basin. It has its sources in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
and then forms the border between Poland and 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 ...
for 26 km. In
Albrechtice nad Orlicí
Albrechtice nad Orlicí (german: Albrechtsdorf an der Adler) is a municipality and village in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Albrechtice nad Orlicí is ...
it joins with the
Tichá Orlice to form the Orlice river. It is 99.3 km long.
Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Rivers of the Hradec Králové Region
Rivers of the Pardubice Region
Populated places in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District
Populated places in Ústí nad Orlicí District
International rivers of Europe
Czech Republic–Poland border
Border rivers
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