Mírovka
(german: Grundbach) is a creek in
Šumperk District,
Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
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, right tributary of the
Morava River.
Its length is 20,2 km and 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, ...
covers 49.6 km2. The mean annual discharge at its mouth is 0.25 m³/s.
The Mírovka originates near
Maletín
Maletín (german: Moletein) is a municipality in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Maletín lies approximately south-west of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague.
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village, 400 meters above sea level.
The Mírovka flows through settlements of Maletín, Starý Maletín, Svojanov and Nový Maletín which are grouped into single municipality called
Maletín
Maletín (german: Moletein) is a municipality in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Maletín lies approximately south-west of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague.
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. Two water reservoirs were built in this place – the Svojanov reservoir and the Maletín reservoir. Upper the Maletín reservoir occupies approximately 2.6 ha, lower The Svojanov Reservoir occupies approximately 1.5 ha. Both are primarily used for fishing.
The Mírovka then goes east into forest of
Moravsko-Třebovská pahorkatina (literally Moravská Třebová Hills), flowing next to a paved road. Mírov, the super-maximum security prison, is located in this area. Lower reaches are situated in agricultural flatland of
Mohelnická brázda, feeding Křemačovský rybník, which area is 3 ha. Then the creek flows through
Mohelnice
Mohelnice (; german: Müglitz) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
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. It empties into a millrace that is connected with the
Morava, just few meters away from a border of the
Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area
Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area ( cs, Chráněná krajinná oblast Litovelské Pomoraví, usually abbreviated as ''CHKO Litovelské Pomoraví'') is a protected landscape area in the floodplain of the Morava River, north of Olomouc ...
.
Moravičanské jezero (literally
Moravičany
Moravičany is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
Moravičany lies approximately south of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague
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lake) is in a neighborhood of the creek mouth. This manmade lake, which is a consequence of a sand mining, is widely used for recreation and fishery. It occupies about 90 ha.
References
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Rivers of the Olomouc Region
Šumperk District