Moravian Thaya


The Moravian Thaya is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a left tributary of the Thaya River. It flows through the Vysočina and South Bohemian regions and through Lower Austria. It is long.

Characteristic

The Moravian Thaya originates in the territory of Panenská Rozsíčka in the Křižanov Highlands at an elevation of and flows to Raabs an der Thaya, where it enters the Thaya River at an elevation of. It is long, of which is in the Czech Republic. Its drainage basin has an area of, of which is in the Czech Republic.
The longest tributaries of the Moravian Thaya are:
TributaryLength Side
Vápovka28.6left
Bolíkovský potok25.7left
Myslůvka16.2right
Volfířovský potok11.6right
Telčský potok11.4right

Course

The largest town on the river is Dačice. The river flows past the municipalities of Panenská Rozsíčka, Bezděkov, Sedlejov, Urbanov, Žatec, Dyjice, Radkov and Černíč in the Vysočina Region, then it continues past Dačice, Cizkrajov, Staré Hobzí and Písečné in the South Bohemian Region before crossing the border into Austria.
In Austria, it enters the Raabs an der Thaya municipality and flows to the town proper of Raabs an der Thaya, where it joins the German Thaya. From there, the unified Thaya river flows generally eastward and re-enters the Czech Republic.

Bodies of water

The river supplies the fishpond Černíčský rybník and a small water reservoir called Ivanka. The largest body of water in the basin area is the Nová Říše Reservoir with an area of.

Nature

About of the river and its immediate surroundings between Dačice and the Czech-Austrian border are protected as Moravská Dyje Nature Monument. The protected area is. Among the protected species of animals found here are the Eurasian otter, Amur bitterling, schneider and European crayfish.
In the Czech part of the river, 21 species of aquatic molluscs were found: 13 species of freshwater snails and 8 species of bivalves. Bivalves in the river include duck mussel, painter's mussel, and the endangered thick shelled river mussel.