The Třebovka is a

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in the

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, a left

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of the

Tichá Orlice The Tichá Orlice () is a river in the Czech Republic, the secondary source river of the Orlice River. It flows through the Hradec Králové and Pardubice regions. It is long, making it the 21st longest river in the Czech Republic. Etymology Th ...

River. It flows through the

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. It is long.

Etymology

The name is derived from the old Czech verb ''triebiti'', which meant 'chop down', 'clear'. The name refers to the founding of settlements on the site of forest that had to be cut down first. First the name of the Třebovka river was created, then it was transferred to the settlements along the river (

Třebovice Třebovice () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Třebovice lies approximately south-east of Ústí nad Orlicí, east of Pardubice, and east ...

Česká Třebová Česká Třebová (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Mon ...

Dlouhá Třebová Dlouhá Třebová () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central ...

Characteristic

The Třebovka originates in the territory of Koclířov in the

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at an elevation of and flows to

Ústí nad Orlicí Ústí nad Orlicí (; ) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument z ...

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

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has an area of . The average discharge at 3.4 river km, before the confluence of the Třebovka and Knapovecký potok, is . The longest tributaries of the Třebovka are:

Course

The river flows through the municipal territories of Koclířov, Dětřichov,

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, Rybník,

and

Bodies of water

There are 79 bodies of water in the basin area. The largest of them is the fishpond Hvězda with an area of , built directly on the Třebovka.

Tourism

The Třebovka is suitable for river tourism only in spring or after heavy rains. If the flow is sufficient, the navigable section is long and is also suitable to less experienced paddlers.

Floods

The river did damage during floods in

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References

External links

River flow at Ústí nad Orlicí 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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