| Divoká Orlice | |
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 The Divoká Orlice inŽamberk | |
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| Location | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Szczytna,Bystrzyckie Mountains |
| • elevation | 802 m (2,631 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Orlice |
• coordinates | 50°21′30″N16°26′5″E / 50.35833°N 16.43472°E /50.35833; 16.43472 |
• elevation | 249 m (817 ft) |
| Length | 99.3 km (61.7 mi) |
| Basin size | 806.5 km2 (311.4 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 11.5 m3/s (410 cu ft/s) near estuary |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Orlice→Elbe→North Sea |
TheDivoká Orlice (Polish:Dzika Orlica,German:Wilde Adler) is ariver in theCzech Republic andPoland. It flows throughLower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland and through theHradec Králové andPardubice regions. It is the upper and middle course of theOrlice, but usually it is considered a separate river. Until its confluence with theTichá Orlice, when it further continues as the Orlice, the Divoká Orlice is 99.3 km (61.7 mi) long.
The name Orlice is derived from the Slavic wordorel, i.e. 'eagle' (literally "female eagle"). The river probably got its name from the abundance of eagles, but it could also have just been the accidental catch of an eagle. The attributedivoká means 'wild' and refers to its character (compared to Tichá Orlice, i.e. "silent Orlice"). The Divoká Orlice was also called Dravá Orlice (i.e. 'ferocious', 'fierce').[1][2]
From a water management point of view, the Orlice and Divoká Orlice are two different rivers with separate numbering ofriver kilometres. The Divoká Orlice originates in the territory ofSzczytna in theBystrzyckie Mountains at an elevation of 802 m (2,631 ft) and then flows toŽďár nad Orlicí, where it merges with theTichá Orlice River at an elevation of 249 m (817 ft) and continues as Orlice. It is 99.3 km (61.7 mi) long, of which 3.2 km (2.0 mi) (excluding the Czech-Polish border) is in Poland. It forms the state boundary for a distance of 29.5 km (18.3 mi)[3] and separates the Bystrzyckie Mountains andOrlické Mountains. Itsdrainage basin has an area of 806.5 km2 (311.4 sq mi), of which 705.9 km2 (272.5 sq mi) is in the Czech Republic.[4][5]
The longest tributaries of the Divoká Orlice are:[6]
| Tributary | Length (km) | River km | Side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bělá | 40.6 | 12.3 | right |
| Zdobnice | 33.9 | 21.7 | right |
| Brodec | 19.8 | 8.1 | left |
| Rokytenka | 19.0 | 44.8 | right |
The river flows through the territories of the gminasSzczytna,Bystrzyca Kłodzka andMiędzylesie in Poland and through the municipal territories ofOrlické Záhoří,Bartošovice v Orlických horách,Klášterec nad Orlicí,Pastviny,Nekoř,Líšnice,Žamberk,Helvíkovice,Záchlumí,Potštejn,Záměl,Doudleby nad Orlicí,Kostelec nad Orlicí,Častolovice,Čestice,Lípa nad Orlicí andŽďár nad Orlicí in the Czech Republic.
There are 376 bodies of water in the basin area. The largest of them is Pastviny I Reservoir with an area of 63 ha (160 acres), built directly on the Divoká Orlice.[4]
The Divoká Orlice is suitable forriver tourism and belongs to the rivers suitable for less experienced paddlers.[7]
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