Ostravice River

Geobox | River
name = Ostravice
other_name =
category = River


image_caption = Šance Dam
etymology = Ostrava City
etymology_type = Named for
nickname =
country = Czech Republic
country_

state =
region = Moravian-Silesian
district =
commune =
municipality =
parent =
tributary_left = Čeladenka
tributary_right = Morávka
city = Ostravice
city_type = Settlements
city1 = Frýdlant nad Ostravicí
city2 = Frýdek-Místek
city3 = Ostrava
landmark =
source = Bílá Ostravice
source_location = Moravian-Silesian Beskids
source_elevation = 900
source_elevation_round = -2
source_lat_d = 49
source_lat_m = 24
source_lat_s = 26
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 18
source_long_m = 22
source_long_s = 14
source_long_EW = E
source1 = Černá Ostravice
source1_lat_d = 49
source1_lat_m = 29
source1_lat_s = 52
source1_lat_NS = N
source1_long_d = 18
source1_long_m = 32
source1_long_s = 33
source1_long_EW = E
source_confluence_lat_d = 49
source_confluence_lat_m = 27
source_confluence_lat_s = 17
source_confluence_lat_NS = N
source_confluence_long_d = 18
source_confluence_long_m = 28
source_confluence_long_s = 3
source_confluence_long_EW = E
mouth = Oder River
mouth_location = Ostrava
mouth_elevation = 190
mouth_lat_d = 49
mouth_lat_m = 52
mouth_lat_s = 10
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 18
mouth_long_m = 17
mouth_long_s = 1
mouth_long_EW = E
length = 64
width =
depth =
watershed = 827
discharge = 12.7
discharge_max = 933
free =

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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = The Ostravice from its two sources until its confluence with the Oder (magenta) and its watershed
map_locator = Czechia
map1 = Ostravice River - location and watershed map in Moravian-Silesian Region.svg
map1_background =Moravian_Silesian_Region_-_background_map.png map1_caption = Location of Ostravice in the Moravian-Silesian Region
map1_locator = Moravian-Silesian Region
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Ostravice ( _pl. Ostrawica, _de. Ostrawitza) is a river in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It originates in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and then flows through Ostravice, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Frýdek-Místek and Paskov to Ostrava where it enters the Oder as its right tributary. It partly forms the border between historical regions Moravia (left bank) and Silesia (more precisely Cieszyn Silesia) (right bank).

The river starts as the Ostravice after the confluence of the Bílá Ostravice (i.e., White Ostravice, considered its main source) and the Černá Ostravice (i.e. Black Ostravice). They are both streams flowing through deeply forested valleys which are important access roads to the resorts of Bílá and Bílý Kříž. Ostravice then creates Šance Dam, a fresh water reservoir for the industrial region around Ostrava finished in 1970. It has an area of Unit area|sqkm|335|0 and a Unit height|m|65|0 high and Unit height|m|342|0 long rockfill dam.

The Ostravice then flows through the rolling hills region between Ostravice and Frýdek-Místek and finally through the lowlands of the highly industrial Ostrava basin.

References

* cite book
last = Ludvík
first = Marcel
coauthors =
title = Beskydy, Turistický průvodce ČSSR
publisher = Olympia
year = 1987
location = Praha
pages =
id = 27-031-87
* cite book
last = Rohlík
first = Jiří
coauthors =
title = Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Soubor turistických map 1:50 000
publisher = TRASA, s.r.o.
year = 2001
location = Praha
pages =
isbn = 80-85999-29-3
* cite web
last =
first =
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Těšínsko z pohledu fyzické geografie
work =
publisher = Muzeum Těšínska
date =
url = http://www.muzeumct.cz/tesin/tradice/fizicka.php
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2007-01-14