Jizera River

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Jizera River

The Jizera (; ) is a river

River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
that begins on the border between Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
and the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
and ends in Central Bohemia

Central Bohemian Region

Central Bohemian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative center is placed in the Czech capital Prague , which lies in the center of the region....
. It develops from the confluence

Confluence (geography)

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem , when that major river is also the highest Strahler Stream Order in the drainage basin....
of the Great Jizera (Velká Jizera) in the Jizera Mountains

Jizera Mountains

The Jizera or Izera Mountains are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The major part is formed from granite, with some areas formed from basalt....
(Jizerské hory) and the Little Jizera (Malá Jizera) in the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše), and flows for 164 km into the Labe (Elbe

Elbe

The River Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the Krkonose Mountains of northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and flowing into the North Sea....
) at the village of Káraný

Káraný

K?ran? is a village in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 450 inhabitants.The village was founded in 1777. Since 1914 K?ran? has supplied Prague with drinking water....
near Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav

Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav

Brand?s nad Labem-Star? Boleslav is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic on the banks of the Elbe river, in the heart of an agricultural region about 25 km north-east of Prague....
. On its way, the river intersects the Ješted-Kozákov Ridge

Ješted-Kozákov Ridge

Je?ted-Koz?kov Ridge is part of the Western Sudetes mountain range in the Czech Republic.The ridge is almost 60 km long, the width does not exceed 15 km....
. For the first 15 kilometers the river consitute border between Poland and Czech Republic.

Like many other names in Bohemia

Bohemia

History...
, the name Jizera is of Celtic origin, as the Celts lived in the area during Roman

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
times (see also the Isar

Isar

The Isar is a river in Tyrol , Austria and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tirol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald, and flows through Bad T?lz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf....
in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
and the Isère

Isère River

The Is?re is a 286 km long river in southeastern France, in the Rh?ne-Alpes R?gion in France. Its source is in the Alps on the border with Italy, near the ski resort Val d'Is?re....
in France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
).

Towns on the Jizera include:

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