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Desná (Kamenice)
The Desná (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Kamenice River. It flows through the Liberec Region. It is formed by the confluence of the Černá Desná and Bílá Desná streams. Together with the Černá Desná, which is its main source, the Desná is long. Without the Černá Desná, it is only long. Etymology The Old Czech adjective ''desná'' meant 'right'. Because people went upstream when settling the landscape, the rivers with this name flowed as if from the right side (although they are actually left-side tributaries). The first written mention of the river (respectively Černá Desná) is from 1577. The names of the river sources Bílá Desná and Černá Desná means 'white Desná' and 'black Desná'. Names of rivers with colours in their names often referred to nature of the river bed. Characteristic From a water management point of view, the Desná and Černá Desná are two different rivers with separate numbering of river kilometres. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hejnice (Liberec District)
Hejnice (; ) is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. Administrative division Hejnice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Hejnice (2,360) *Ferdinandov (274) Etymology The original German name of the village ''Haindorf'' is based on the German ''Dorf im Haine'', which means 'village in the grove'. The Czech name was derived from the German one and from ''háj'', i.e. 'grove'. Geography Hejnice is located about northeast of Liberec. It lies in the valley of the Smědá River under the northern slopes of the Jizera Mountains. The northernmost part of the municipal territory lies in the Frýdlant Hills. The highest peak is the Jizera Mountain at above sea level. The entire territory of Hejnice is situated in the Jizerské hory Protected Landscape Area. Half of the Czech part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site named Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of The Czech Republic
This is a list of rivers of the Czech Republic. Naming conventions Czech language distinguishes between large (river; in Czech '' řeka'') and small (stream, creek, brook; in Czech '' potok'') watercourses. River names are mostly self-standing one-word nouns. Stream names often consist of two words because they contain an adjective (usually stemming from physical properties (e.g. Černý potok – "black stream"), usage (e.g. Mlýnský potok – "mill stream") or derived from the location through which it flows (e.g. Rakovnický potok – "Rakovník stream"). These two-word names form an inseparable whole. Main rivers While the Elbe is the longest Czech-related river when measured through its overall length (i.e. including its lower course in Germany), its tributary the Vltava surpasses it as the longest river within the territory of the Czech Republic itself. (In fact the Vltava also carries more water than the Elbe at their confluence.) Hierarchical list This is a hierarchica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant's Kettle
A giant's kettle, also known as either a giant's cauldron, moulin pothole, or glacial pothole, is a typically large and cylindrical Pothole (landform), pothole drilling, drilled in solid rock (geology), rock underlying a glacier either by water descending down a deep Moulin (geomorphology), moulin or by gravel rotating in the bed of Subglacial stream, subglacial meltwater stream.Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, eds. (2005) ''Glossary of Geology'' (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia, American Geological Institute. 779 pp. The interiors of potholes tend to be smooth and regular, unlike a plunge pool. Formation Giant's kettles are formed while a bedrock surface is covered by a glacier. Water, produced by the thawing of the ice and snow, forms streams on the surface of the glacier, which, having gathered into their courses a certain amount of Moraine, morainic debris, finally flow down a crevasse as a swirling waterfall, cascade or Moulin (geomorphology), moulin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Černá Desná (přírodní Památka) (010)
Černá may refer to: Places in the Czech Republic *Černá (Žďár nad Sázavou District), a municipality and village in the Vysočina Region *Černá (Lomnice nad Popelkou), a village and part of Lomnice nad Popelkou in the Liberec Region *Černá, a village and part of Kraslice in the Karlovy Vary Region *Černá v Pošumaví, a municipality and village in South Bohemian Region *Černá u Bohdanče, a municipality and village in the Pardubice Region Other *Černý (surname), feminine form: Černá, a Czech surname *Black Pockau, called Černá in Czech, a river in Germany and the Czech Republic *Schwarzwasser (Mulde), called Černá in Czech, a river in Germany and the Czech Republic See also *Cerna (other) *Czerna (other) Czerna may refer to: * Czerna, Bolesławiec County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Czerna, Głogów County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Czerna, Środa Śląska County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dam Failure
A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than 200 notable dam failures happened worldwide. A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, that directs or slows down the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundments. Most dams have a section called a ''spillway or weir'' over or through which water flows, either intermittently or continuously, and some have hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power generation systems installed. Dams are considered "installations containing dangerous forces" under international humanitarian law due to the massive impact of a possible destruction on the civilian population and the environment. Dam failures are comparatively rare, but can cause immense damage and loss of life when they occur. In 1975 the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure, failure of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desná Dam
The Desná Dam (locally known as the Burst Dam) was a dam constructed on the Bílá Desná river in the Jizera Mountains, which are in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is known for bursting on September 18, 1916, ten months after it was built, which caused the river to flood the nearby town of Desná, killing 67 people and causing hundreds of others to lose their homes. The dam was constructed over a five-year period and was given final approval on November 18, 1915. On September 18 the next year, at around 3:30pm, log workers noticed the first evidence of water leaking through the dam. The dam keeper ordered the reservoir to be drained, but the flow rate continued to increase. At 4:00pm, inhabitants of Desná were warned, and at 4:15pm, the dam burst with 250,000 cubic meters of water inside, which swept through the town. The number of fatalities was originally considered to be 62, though in 2016, researcher Dana Nývltová found that court documents from the time sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albrechtice V Jizerských Horách
Albrechtice v Jizerských horách () is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Administrative division Albrechtice v Jizerských horách consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Albrechtice v Jizerských horách (295) *Mariánská Hora (37) Geography Albrechtice v Jizerských horách is located about northeast of Jablonec nad Nisou and east of Liberec. It lies in the Jizera Mountains Jizera Mountains (), or Izera Mountains (; ), are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The range got its name from the Jizera (river), Jizera River, which rises at the southern base of the Smrk (Jizera), ... and the eponymous protected landscape area. The highest point is the mountain Milíře at above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Kamenice River, which flows briefly along the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI; ) is the central state office of the Czech Republic in the fields of air quality, meteorology, climatology and hydrology. It is an organization established by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. The head office and centralized workplaces of the CHMI, including the data processing, telecommunication and technical services, are located at the Institute's own campus in Prague. History The National Meteorological Institute was established in 1919 shortly after Czechoslovakia was established at the end of World War I. On 1 January 1954, the National Meteorological Institute was united with the hydrology service and the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute was established. Its charter was amended in 1994 and in 1995 by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. Structure The CHMI is made up of three specialized sections (meteorology and climatology section, hydrology section, and air quality section) with two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desná (Jablonec Nad Nisou District)
Desná (; ) is a town in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Desná consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Desná I (912) *Desná II (1,462) *Desná III (589) Geography Desná is located about east of Jablonec nad Nisou. It lies in the Jizera Mountains. The highest point is the mountain Novina at above sea level. The town is situated at the confluence of the Černá Desná and Bílá Desná streams, which form the Desná (Kamenice), Desná River. The Desná (Kamenice)#Bodies of water, Souš Reservoir, built on the Černá Desná, is located in the northern part of the municipal territory. History Desná was founded by count Maximilian Desfours family, Desfours II in 1691. Its name supposed to be Desfoursdorf, however the simplified name Dessensdorf was adopted. After almost 250 years, its Czech name Desná was derived. In 1913, Desná wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanvald
Tanvald (; ) is a town in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Tanvald consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Tanvald (3,982) *Šumburk nad Desnou (1,592) *Žďár (251) Etymology The original German name ''Tannwald'' literally means 'fir forest'. The Czech name was created by transcription of the German name. Geography Tanvald is located about east of Jablonec nad Nisou. It lies in the Jizera Mountains. The highest point is the mountain Špičák at above sea level. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Kamenice (Jizera), Kamenice, which flows along the southern municipal border, and Desná (Kamenice), Desná, which flows across the eastern part of the municipal territory. History The first written mention of Tanvald is from 1586, when it was described as a lumbering settlement. In 1895, the village was promoted to a mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kořenov
Kořenov () is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. It lies in the Jizera Mountains. Administrative division Kořenov consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Kořenov (393) * Jizerka (18) *Polubný (166) *Příchovice (253) *Rejdice (34) Etymology The village was probably named after the hill Kořenov. The name of the hill was derived either from the personal name Kořen or from the word ''kořen'', i.e. 'root' (meaning "a hill full of tree roots"). The German name ''Wurzelsdorf'', meaning 'root village', was created by translation of the Czech name. Geography Kořenov is located about east of Jablonec nad Nisou and east of Liberec, on the border with Poland. It lies in the Jizera Mountains and in the eponymous protected landscape area. The highest point is the mountain Černý vrch at above sea level. The Jizera River forms here t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
