The Vltava (German: Moldau) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, draining north from its source in Šumava through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice and Prague, merging with the Elbe (Labe) at Mělník. It is 430 kilometers long and drains about 28,000 square kilometers; at the confluence it has actually more water than Labe but joins it in the right angle to its flow so it appears just a tributary.
In August2002 a 500-year flood of the Vltava killed several people and caused massive damage and disruption along its length.
Behind the town the Vltavariver flows through the narrow valley along the small town with chateau Hluboká nad Vltavou, bypasses the ruins of the Karlův Hrádek castle and then it heads to the HnÄ›vkovice Dam (the water reservoir for the nuclear power station TemelÃn).
The length of the Vltavariver (from the source of the Černý Potok stream to the confluence of the Vltava and Labe rivers) is 430 km and its river-basin's area is twenty eight thousand square km.
Vltava (German Moldau), river in the western part of the Czech Republic.
The main rivers of the Czech Republic are the Elbe (known locally as the Labe), the Vltava, the Ohře, the Morava, the Lužnice, the Jihlava, and the...
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