The Klejnárka is a

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in the

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, a left

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of the

Elbe The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) 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 Republic), then Ge ...

River. It flows through the

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. It is long.

Characteristic

The Klejnárka originates in the territory of Dobrovítov in the Upper Sázava Hills at an elevation of and flows to Konárovice, where it enters the Elbe 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 longest tributaries of the Klejnárka are:

Settlements

The Klejnárka does not flow through any significant settlement, it only briefly crosses the territory of

Čáslav Čáslav (; ) is a town in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division ...

. The river flows northward through the municipal territories of Dobrovítov, Čejkovice,

Zbýšov Zbýšov is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants. Geography Zbýšov is located about west of Brno. It lies on the border between the Křižanov Highlands and Boskov ...

, Hraběšín, Krchleby, Vodranty, Močovice, Čáslav, Třebešice, Církvice, Nové Dvory, Hlízov,

Starý Kolín Starý Kolín is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. Administrative division Starý Kolín consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population acco ...

and Konárovice.

Bodies of water

There are 395 bodies of water in the basin area. The largest of them is the Vrchlice Reservoir with an area of , built on the Vrchlice. A system of ponds is built on the upper course of the Klejnárka. The largest of them is Zbýšovský Pond with an area of .

Protection of nature

On the upper course of the river near the source, the Jánský potok Nature Monument was declared. It has an area of . The reason for protection is a set of water and meadow ecosystems with the occurrence of

common minnow ''Phoxinus phoxinus'' (known colloquially as the Eurasian minnow, minnow, Channel minnow, or common minnow) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, minnows and related fishes. It i ...

and other protected species of plants and animals.

References

External links

Monitoring
on the website of the Povodí Labe administrator {{DEFAULTSORT:Klejnarka Rivers of the Central Bohemian Region Rivers of the Czech Republic