The Rožnovská Bečva 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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, the secondary source river of the

Bečva The Bečva (; , ''Betsch'') is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Morava River. It flows through the Olomouc and Zlín regions. It is formed by the confluence of the Vsetínská Bečva and Rožnovská Bečva rivers. Together ...

River. It flows through the

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. It is long.

Etymology

The name Bečva is derived from the old Czech words ''bek'', ''beč'' (i.e. 'cry'), meaning 'loud river'. The attribute Rožnovská is derived from the town of

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm Rožnov pod Radhoštěm (; ) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. Geography Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is located about northeast of Vsetín and south of Ostrava. It lies in the ...

Characteristic

The Rožnovská Bečva originates in the territory of Horní Bečva in the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains at an elevation of and then flows to

Valašské Meziříčí Valašské Meziříčí (; ) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monum ...

, where it merges with the

Vsetínská Bečva The Vsetínská Bečva (also called Horní Bečva; , ''Obere Betsch'') is a river in the Czech Republic. It flows through the Zlín Region. It is the upper course of the Bečva, but usually it is considered a separate river. Until its confluence w ...

River at an elevation of and together they form the

. 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 at its mouth is . The longest tributaries of the Rožnovská Bečva are:

Course

The river flows through the municipal territories of Horní Bečva, Prostřední Bečva, Dolní Bečva, Vigantice,

, Vidče, Zubří, Střítež nad Bečvou, Zašová and

Bodies of water

The Horní Bečva Reservoir is built on the upper course of the Rožnovská Bečva. It was built in 1933–1947 and has an area of . The main purpose of the reservoir is flood protection, but it also serves to maintain a minimum flow under the reservoir and for recreational purposes.

References

External links

River flow at Valašské Meziříčí station
– Flood Warning and Forecasting Service of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute {{DEFAULTSORT:Roznovska Becva Rivers of the Zlín Region Rivers of the Czech Republic