The Šlapanka is a

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in the

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, a left

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of the Sázava River. It flows through the

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. It is long.

Etymology

The river is named after the village of Šlapanov, located on the middle course of the river.

Characteristic

The Šlapanka originates in the territory of Kamenice in the

Křižanov Highlands The Křižanov Highlands (, ) is a highland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Vysočina Region. Geomorphology The Křižanov Highlands is a mesoregion of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands within ...

at an elevation of and flows to

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban mon ...

, where it enters the Sázava River at an elevation of . It is long. Its

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has an area of . The average discharge at 4.5 river km is . The longest tributaries of the Šlapanka are:

Course

The river flows through the municipal territories of Kamenice, Věžnice (Jihlava District), Vysoké Studnice, Rybné, Kozlov,

Jamné Jamné () is a municipality and village in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Jamné lies approximately north-east of Jihlava and south-east of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital ...

, Ždírec, Věžnička,

Polná Polná () is a town in Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monum ...

, Věžnice (Havlíčkův Brod District), Šlapanov, Vysoká,

Bartoušov Bartoušov () is a municipality and village in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Bartoušov lies approximately south-east of Havlíčkův Brod, north of Jihlava, and south-ea ...

and

Bodies of water

A system of three fishponds (Peklo, Bor and Kukle) is built on the middle course of the Šlapanka. The largest of them is Peklo, located inside the built-up area of the town of Polná. It was founded in 1479–1482 and has an area of .

Nature

The wetland meadow and floodplain forest next to the lower course of the river is protected as the Šlapanka Nature Monument. It has an area of . River-bound animals that live here include the

Eurasian otter The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and the Maghreb. The most widely distributed member o ...

white-throated dipper The white-throated dipper (''Cinclus cinclus''), also known as the European dipper or just dipper, is an aquatic passerine bird found in Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The species is divided into several subspecies ...

, and

common kingfisher The common kingfisher (''Alcedo atthis''), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of ...

Bridges

The Šlapanka in Věžnice (Havlíčkův Brod District) is spanned by a stone road bridge from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, called U Lutriána. It is a valuable technical monument, protected as a

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References

External links

River flow at Mírovka station
– Flood Warning and Forecasting Service of the

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 Cz ...

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