The Vlára is a river in the

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and

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, a right tributary of the

Váh The Váh (; , ; ; Wag
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. It flows through the

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in the Czech Republic and through the

Trenčín Region The Trenčín Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It consists of nine districts ('' okresy''). The region was established in 1996: previously it had been a part of the West Slovak Region () and partly the Central S ...

in Slovakia. It is long. It is the only significant watercourse in the Czech Republic that does not belong to 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 ...

, Morava and

Oder The Oder ( ; Czech and ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and its largest tributary the Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows through wes ...

river basins.

Etymology

The name is of

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origin, derived from the word ''uolra''. The root ''uel-'' meant 'to roll', 'rush'.

Characteristic

The Vlára originates in the territory of Drnovice in the

Vizovice Highlands The Vizovice Highlands () are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Zlín and South Moravian regions. It is named after the town of Vizovice. Geomorphology The Vizovice Highlands are a mesoregi ...

at an elevation of and flows to

Nemšová Nemšová () is a town in the Trenčín District, Trenčín Region in northwestern Slovakia. Geography Nemšová is located in the Ilava Basin at the confluence of the Váh and Vlára rivers, at the foothills of the White Carpathians. It is from ...

, where it merges with the Váh River at an elevation of . It is long, of which is in the Czech Republic and is in Slovakia. 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 , of which is in the Czech Republic. The longest tributaries of the Vlára are:

Course

The river flows through the territories of Drnovice,

Tichov Tichov is a municipality and village in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Tichov lies approximately east of Zlín and east of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and ...

Vysoké Pole Vysoké Pole is a municipality and village in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Vysoké Pole lies approximately east of Zlín and east of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List o ...

Vlachova Lhota Vlachova Lhota is a municipality and village in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Vlachova Lhota lies approximately south-east of Zlín and east of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital ...

, Vlachovice,

Bohuslavice nad Vláří Bohuslavice nad Vláří is a municipality and village in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Bohuslavice nad Vláří lies approximately south-east of Zlín and south-east of Prague Pra ...

, Jestřabí,

Štítná nad Vláří-Popov Štítná nad Vláří-Popov is a municipality in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Štítná nad Vláří-Popov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets populatio ...

and

Brumov-Bylnice Brumov-Bylnice () is a town in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,400 inhabitants. The historic centre of Brumov and the workers' colony are well preserved and are protected by law as two Cultural monument (Cze ...

in the Czech Republic, and continues through the territories of

Horné Srnie Horné Srnie () is a village and municipality in Trenčín District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1439. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 25 ...

and

in Slovakia. The Vlára leaves the Czech Republic through the Vlára Pass. It is a typical example of

stream capture Stream capture, river capture, river piracy or stream piracy is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows down to the bed of a neighbouring stream. This ...

. Originally a tributary of the Morava, the Vlára cut through the ridge of the

White Carpathians The White Carpathians (; ; ) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians. They are part of the macroregion of Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, stretching from the Váh river and the Little Carpat ...

mountains due to

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as Surface runoff, water flow or wind) that removes soil, Rock (geology), rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust#Crust, Earth's crust and then sediment transport, tran ...

, creating the Vlára Pass and making the river a tributary of the Váh. The Vlára is the only significant stream in the Czech Republic that does not fall within the Elbe, Morava and Oder river basins.

References

External links

River flow at Popov 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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Etymology

Characteristic

Course

See also

References

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