Morava River
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The Morava (German: March) is a river in Central Europe. It is the most important river of Moravia, which derives its name from it. The river originates on the Králický Sněžník mountain in the northwestern corner of Moravia, near the border between the Czech Republic and Poland and has a vaguely southern trajectory. The lower part of the river's course forms the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia and then between Austria and Slovakia.
The lowlands formed by the river are the Upper Moravian Vale or Hornomoravský úval and then the Lower Moravian Vale or Dolnomoravský úval in Moravia, the Moravian Field or Marchfeld (the plain between the northeast of Vienna and the Morava river) in Lower Austria, and the Záhorie Lowland or Záhorská nížina (the plain between Moravia and Bratislava) in Slovakia.
The only major cities along the river are Olomouc in Moravia and the Slovak capital Bratislava. After approximately 358 km, the Morava flows into the Danube at Bratislava-Devín, with an average discharge rate of 120 m³/s.
The river's 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 the Morava at Kúty.
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 Source of the Morava on Králický Sněžník |
 A flooded Morava at Bratislava-Devínska Nová Ves |
 A small pond on the Morava's alluvial plain |
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| Tributaries (list): | Iller · Lech · Regen · Isar · Inn · Morava · Váh · Hron · Ipeľ · Drava · Tisza · Sava · Timiş · Velika Morava · Jiu · Iskar · Olt · Osam · Yantra · Vedea · Argeş · Ialomiţa · Siret · Prut | |
| See also | List of crossings of the Danube River | |
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