The Bystřice is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the

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, a left

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''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 into which they ...

of the Morava River. It flows through the

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

and Moravian-Silesian regions. It is long.

Etymology

The name of the river is derived from the Czech word ''bystrá'', which used to mean 'fast-flowing', 'rapid'.

Characteristic

The Bystřice originates in the territory of

Ryžoviště Ryžoviště (formerly Brunzejf; ) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Demographics Notable people * Norbert Klein (1866–1933), bishop of Brno, ...

in the

Nízký Jeseník Nízký Jeseník (, ) is a flat highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, M ...

range at an elevation of and flows to

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

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, ...

has an area of . The average discharge near the mouth is 1.88 m3/s. The tributaries of the Bystřice are only short streams. The longest tributaries of the Bystřice are:

Flow

The most notable settlement on the river is the city of

. The river flows through the municipal territories of

, Lomnice,

Dětřichov nad Bystřicí Dětřichov may refer to places in the Czech Republic: * Dětřichov (Liberec District), a municipality and village in the Liberec Region * Dětřichov (Svitavy District), a municipality and village in the Pardubice Region * Dětřichov nad Bystři ...

Moravský Beroun Moravský Beroun (; until 1924 Beroun, ) is a town in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. Administrative division Moravský Beroun consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population a ...

Hraničné Petrovice Hraničné Petrovice () is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants. Hraničné Petrovice lies approximately north-east of Olomouc and east of Prague Prague ( ...

Domašov nad Bystřicí Domašov nad Bystřicí (; ) is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Geography Domašov nad Bystřicí is located about northeast of Olomouc. It lies in the Níz ...

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

Hlubočky Hlubočky () is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants. It is the List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, most populous municipality in the region without t ...

Velká Bystřice Velká Bystřice () is a town in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. Geography Velká Bystřice is located about east of Olomouc. It lies on the border between the Upper Morava Valley and ...

Bystrovany Bystrovany is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Bystrovany lies approximately east of Olomouc and east of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and Li ...

and Olomouc.

Bodies of water

There are 95 bodies of water in the basin area, but only two of them have an area larger than .

References

External links

River flow at Velká Bystřice 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 ...