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Opavice
The Opavice in Město Albrechtice
Location
Countries	Czech Republic Poland
Regions/ Voivodeships	Moravian-Silesian Opole
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Heřmanovice, Zlatohorská Highlands
• elevation	840 m (2,760 ft)
Mouth
• location	Opava
• coordinates	50°5′46″N 17°42′58″E / 50.09611°N 17.71611°E / 50.09611; 17.71611
• elevation	309 m (1,014 ft)
Length	35.7 km (22.2 mi)
Basin size	212 km (82 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	1.51 m/s (53 cu ft/s) near estuary
Basin features
Progression	Opava→ Oder→ Baltic Sea

The Opavice (Polish: Opawica) is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Opava River. It flows through the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is 35.7 km (22.2 mi) long. Part of the river forms the Czech-Polish state border.

Characteristic

The Opavice originates in the territory of Heřmanovice in the Zlatohorská Highlands range at an elevation of 840 m (2,760 ft) and flows to Krnov, where it enters the Opava River at an elevation of 309 m (1,014 ft). It is 35.7 km (22.2 mi) long, of which about 5.4 km (3.4 mi) forms the state border between the Czech Republic and Poland. Its drainage basin has an area of about 212 km (82 sq mi), of which 193.7 km (74.8 sq mi) is in the Czech Republic. The average discharge at 1.7 river km (before the confluence with the Radynka) is 1.29 m/s (46 cu ft/s).

The longest tributaries of the Opavice are:

Course

The river flows through the municipal territories of Heřmanovice, Holčovice, Město Albrechtice and Krnov. The section on the Czech-Polish border is adjacent to Gmina Głubczyce.

Nature

Among the protected species of animals that live in the river are the European crayfish and the fish common minnow, European bullhead and alpine bullhead. The lower course of the river is also a hunting ground for the common kingfisher.

See also

• List of rivers of the Czech Republic

References

1. ^ "Vodní toky". Evidence hlásných profilů (in Czech). Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
2. "I.2.1a – Útvary povrchových vod kategorie "řeka"" (PDF). Charakteristiky dílčího povodí Horní Odry (in Czech). Povodí Odry, s.p. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
3. "Evidenční list hlásného profilu č.267" (in Czech). Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
4. "Opavice". Atlas vodních toků povodí Odry (in Czech). Povodí Odry, s.p. Retrieved 2025-01-08.

External links

• River flow at Krnov station – Flood Warning and Forecasting Service of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

• Tributaries of the Oder
• Rivers of the Moravian-Silesian Region
• Rivers of Opole Voivodeship
• Czech Republic–Poland border
• International rivers of Europe
• Border rivers