The Moravian Thaya ( cs, Moravská Dyje, german: Mährische Thaya) is a river in the
Czech Republic
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and in
Austria
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, and a
left tributary of the
Thaya
The Thaya ( cs, Dyje ) is a river in Central Europe, the longest tributary to the river Morava. Its drainage basin is . It is ( with its longest source river German Thaya) long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower ...
. Its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
is .
The Moravian Thaya originates about southeast of
Třešť near the village of . From there it flows southward through or near the communities of
Bezděkov,
Panenská Rozsíčka,
Urbanov,
Žatec
Žatec (; german: Saaz) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře river. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monumen ...
,
Dyjice,
Radkov, , and
Černíč in the
Vysočina Region. Further south it passes the
South Bohemian settlements of ,
Dačice
Dačice (; german: Datschitz) is a town in Jindřichův Hradec District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,100 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
It i ...
, , , ,
Staré Hobzí, ,
Nové Hobzí,
Modletice, , and
Písečné before crossing the border into Austria.
In Austria, it joins the
German Thaya
The German Thaya or Austrian Thaya (german: Deutsche Thaya, cs, Rakouská Dyje) is a river in Lower Austria. Its drainage basin is .
Despite its name, no part of the river is in Germany. It originates southwest of Schweiggers at an elevation of . ...
at the city of
Raabs an der Thaya
Raabs an der Thaya is a municipality with 3,114 inhabitants in Waidhofen an der Thaya (district) in the Waldviertel of Lower Austria, near the Austrian border with the Czech Republic. About 27.6 percent of the municipality is forested.
The German ...
. From there, the unified
Thaya
The Thaya ( cs, Dyje ) is a river in Central Europe, the longest tributary to the river Morava. Its drainage basin is . It is ( with its longest source river German Thaya) long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower ...
river flows generally eastward and re-enters the Czech Republic.
References
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Moravská Dyje hydrological data
Rivers of Lower Austria
Rivers of the Vysočina Region
Rivers of the South Bohemian Region
International rivers of Europe
Moravia
Rivers of Austria
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