Svratka (river)

Svratka
Confluence of Svratka (left) and Svitava rivers
Location
Country	Czech Republic
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bohemian-Moravian Highlands
Mouth
• location	Dyje River
• coordinates	48°54′16″N 16°36′44″E / 48.90444°N 16.61222°E / 48.90444; 16.61222Coordinates: 48°54′16″N 16°36′44″E / 48.90444°N 16.61222°E / 48.90444; 16.61222
Length	168.5 km (104.7 mi)
Basin size	7,115.60 km2 (2,747.35 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	27 m3/s (950 cu ft/s) near estuary
Basin features
Progression	Thaya→ Morava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Svratka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈsvratka]), formerly Švarcava (German: Schwarzach) is a river in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It is 168 kilometres (104 mi) long, and its basin area is 7,116 square kilometres (2,748 sq mi).^[1] It rises in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, converges with the Svitava in Brno, and flows into the Dyje (Thaya) a near Mikulov. The river is known in the local Moravian dialect as the Švarcava (from the German name of the river Schwarzach).

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