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Encyclopedia > March (river)

The Morava (as it is called in Czech and Slovak languages) or the March (as it is known in German) is a river located in Central Europe. It is the most important river of Moravia, which derives its name from it. The river originates at the Králický Sněžník mountain in the north-western corner of Moravia, near the border between the Czech Republic and Poland and has a vaguely southern trajectory. The lower part of the course of the rivers forms the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia and then between Austria and Slovakia. Historical lands and provinces in Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Moravia (Czech: Morava, German: Mähren, Polish: Morawy, Hungarian: Morvaország, Dutch: Moravië) is the eastern part of the Czech Republic. ...


The lowlands formed by the river are the Upper Moravian Vale (Hornomoravský úval) and then the Lower Moravian Vale (Dolnomoravský úval) in Moravia, the Marchfeld or Moravian Field (plain between the northeast of Vienna and the Morava river) in Lower Austria, and the Záhorie Lowland (Záhorská nížina) in Slovakia (plain between Moravia and Bratislava). Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesländer in Austria. ...


After approximately 358 kilometers, the Morava meets the Danube at Bratislava-Devín. The only major cities along the river are Olomouc in Moravia and the Slovak capital Bratislava. Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078  m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500  m³/s Area watershed 817,000  km² Origin  Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg... Bratislava (Pozsony in Hungarian; until 1919 PreÅ¡porok in Slovak and Pressburg in German (previously also the usual name in English)) is the capital of Slovakia and the countrys largest city, with a population of some 430,000. ... Olomouc (German Olmütz) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. ...


Its most important tributary is the Thaya (in German) or Dyje (in Czech and in Slovak), flowing in the border area of Lower Austria and Moravia. Another tributary is the river Myjava (which flows into Morava at Kúty). A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The Thaya (Czech Dyje) is a river in Central Europe, tributary to the Morava. ...


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The Battle of Powder River occurred March 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Sioux Native Americans during Crook's Big Horn Expedition in the Black Hills War.
George Crook, commander of the Department of the Platte, had been ordered to locate the camps of several bands of Sioux and Cheyenne that had left their reservations and appeared to be preparing to go on the warpath.
Accompanied by a handful of newspaper reporters, Crook left Fort Fetterman on March 1 with 883 men from a variety of cavalry regiments, along with civilian and friendly Indian scouts and a herd of 45 beef cattle.
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The Red River Campaign or Red River Expedition consisted of a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil War from March 10 to May 22, 1864.
The Confederate senior officers were confused as to whether the Red River, Mobile, Alabama, or coastal Texas was the primary Union target for the spring 1864 campaign.
After an all-night march, Smith's men surprised and captured Fort de Russy on the Red River on March 14, capturing 317 Confederate prisoners and the only heavy guns available to the Confederates.
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