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Bělá Biała Głuchołaska
The Ścinawka in Głuchołazy
Location
Countries	Czech Republic Poland
Regions/ Voivodeships	Olomouc Opole
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bělá pod Pradědem, Hrubý Jeseník
• elevation	908 m (2,979 ft)
Mouth
• location	Eastern Neisse
• coordinates	50°27′8″N 17°17′21″E / 50.45222°N 17.28917°E / 50.45222; 17.28917
• elevation	196 m (643 ft)
Length	54.9 km (34.1 mi)
Basin size	396 km (153 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	4.9 m/s (170 cu ft/s) in Głuchołazy
Basin features
Progression	Eastern Neisse→ Oder→ Baltic Sea

The Bělá (Czech: Biała Głuchołaska) is a river in the Czech Republic and Poland, a right tributary of the Eastern Neisse. It flows through the Olomouc Region in the Czech Republic and through the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. It is 54.9 km (34.1 mi) long.

Etymology

Bělá is a common Czech name of watercourses, derived from the Czech word bílá (i.e. 'white'). Names of rivers with this colour in the name often referred to the stony or pebbly nature of the river bed.

Characteristic

The Bělá originates in the territory of Bělá pod Pradědem in the Hrubý Jeseník mountain range at an elevation of 908 m (2,979 ft) and flows to Biała Nyska, where it merges with the Eastern Neisse River at an elevation of 196 m (643 ft). It is 54.9 km (34.1 mi) long, of which 33.0 km (20.5 mi) is in the Czech Republic. Its drainage basin has an area of 396 km (153 sq mi), of which 278.3 km (107.5 sq mi) is in the Czech Republic.

The average discharge in the town of Głuchołazy (before the confluence with the Mora) is 4.9 m/s (170 cu ft/s). The average discharge in Mikulovice, 4.9 km before the Czech-Polish state border, is 3.79 m/s (134 cu ft/s).

The longest tributaries of the Bělá are:

Course

The river flows through the territories of Bělá pod Pradědem, Jeseník, Česká Ves, Písečná, Hradec-Nová Ves and Mikulovice in the Czech Republic, and continues through the territories of the gminas of Głuchołazy and Nysa in Poland.

Bodies of water

No fishponds or reservoirs are built on the river. The confluence of the Bělá and Eastern Neisse is located in Nyskie Lake.

Nature

Most of the Bělá in the Czech Republic flows within the Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area. After crossing the border, the river flows along the western border of the Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park.

See also

• List of rivers of the Czech Republic
• List of rivers of Poland

References

1. Šmilauer, Vladimír. "O původu názvů českých řek". Naše řeč (in Czech). Institute of the Czech Language. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
2. ^ "Biała Głuchołaska". Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-09.
3. ^ "Vodní toky". Evidence hlásných profilů (in Czech). Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
4. "I.2.1a – Útvary povrchových vod kategorie "řeka"" (PDF). Charakteristiky dílčího povodí Horní Odry (in Czech). Povodí Odry, s.p. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
5. "Evidenční list hlásného profilu č.296" (in Czech). Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-09.

External links

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

• Tributaries of the Oder
• Rivers of Poland
• Rivers of the Olomouc Region
• Rivers of Opole Voivodeship
• International rivers of Europe