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The Vltava (; ) is the longest 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....
 in 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....
, running north from its source in Šumava
Bohemian Forest

The Bohemian Forest is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from South Bohemia in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria in Germany....
 through Ceský Krumlov
Ceský Krumlov

Cesk? Krumlov is a small city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, best known for the fine architecture and art of the historic old town and Cesk? Krumlov Castle....
, Ceské Budejovice
Ceské Budejovice

Cesk? Budejovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cesk? Budejovice and of the University of South Bohemia....
, and Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
 (Praha), merging with the 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....
 (Labe) at Melník
Melnik

Melnik may refer to:* Melnik, Bulgaria, a town in Bulgaria;* Meln?k, Czech Republic, a town in the Czech Republic.* Shiroka Melnishka Losa, a Bulgarian wine grape also known as Melnik...
. It is 430 km long and drains about 28,090 km2; at their confluence the Vltava actually has more water than the Elbe, but joins the Elbe at a right angle to its flow so that it appears a mere tributary. Several dam
Dam

A dam is a barrier that Reservoirs surface water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates, levees, and Dike are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions....
s were built on it in the 1950s, the biggest being Lipno Dam
Lipno Dam

The Lipno Dam is a dam with hydroelectric plant constructed along the Vltava River in the Czech Republic....
 in Šumava.

In August 2002 a flood of the Vltava
2002 European floods

In August 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia....
 killed several people and caused massive damage and disruption along its length.

The best-known of the classical Czech composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 Bedrich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana

Bedrich Smetana was a Czechs composer, one of the most significant that his country has ever produced. He is best known for his symphonic poem The_Moldau#Vltava , the second in a cycle of six which he entitled M? vlast , and for his opera The Bartered Bride....
's set of six symphonic poem
Symphonic poem

A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in one movement in which some extramusical program provides a narrative or illustrative element....
s Má vlast
Má vlast

M? vlast is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. While it is often presented as a single work in six movements, and outside of Vltava almost universally recorded that way, the individual pieces were conceived as a set of individual works....
 ("My Fatherland") is called Vltava
Má vlast

M? vlast is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. While it is often presented as a single work in six movements, and outside of Vltava almost universally recorded that way, the individual pieces were conceived as a set of individual works....
 (or The Moldau), and is a musical depiction of the river's course through Bohemia.

clear=left> The height difference from source to mouth is 1016 m and the largest stream at the source is named Cerný Potok (Black Brook).

the Czech name Vltava and the German name Moldau are believed to originate from the old Germanic words *wilt ahwa ("wild water") (cf.






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The Vltava (; ) is the longest 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....
 in 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....
, running north from its source in Šumava
Bohemian Forest

The Bohemian Forest is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from South Bohemia in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria in Germany....
 through Ceský Krumlov
Ceský Krumlov

Cesk? Krumlov is a small city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, best known for the fine architecture and art of the historic old town and Cesk? Krumlov Castle....
, Ceské Budejovice
Ceské Budejovice

Cesk? Budejovice is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cesk? Budejovice and of the University of South Bohemia....
, and Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
 (Praha), merging with the 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....
 (Labe) at Melník
Melnik

Melnik may refer to:* Melnik, Bulgaria, a town in Bulgaria;* Meln?k, Czech Republic, a town in the Czech Republic.* Shiroka Melnishka Losa, a Bulgarian wine grape also known as Melnik...
. It is 430 km long and drains about 28,090 km2; at their confluence the Vltava actually has more water than the Elbe, but joins the Elbe at a right angle to its flow so that it appears a mere tributary. Several dam
Dam

A dam is a barrier that Reservoirs surface water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates, levees, and Dike are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions....
s were built on it in the 1950s, the biggest being Lipno Dam
Lipno Dam

The Lipno Dam is a dam with hydroelectric plant constructed along the Vltava River in the Czech Republic....
 in Šumava.

In August 2002 a flood of the Vltava
2002 European floods

In August 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia....
 killed several people and caused massive damage and disruption along its length.

The best-known of the classical Czech composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 Bedrich Smetana
Bedrich Smetana

Bedrich Smetana was a Czechs composer, one of the most significant that his country has ever produced. He is best known for his symphonic poem The_Moldau#Vltava , the second in a cycle of six which he entitled M? vlast , and for his opera The Bartered Bride....
's set of six symphonic poem
Symphonic poem

A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in one movement in which some extramusical program provides a narrative or illustrative element....
s Má vlast
Má vlast

M? vlast is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. While it is often presented as a single work in six movements, and outside of Vltava almost universally recorded that way, the individual pieces were conceived as a set of individual works....
 ("My Fatherland") is called Vltava
Má vlast

M? vlast is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. While it is often presented as a single work in six movements, and outside of Vltava almost universally recorded that way, the individual pieces were conceived as a set of individual works....
 (or The Moldau), and is a musical depiction of the river's course through Bohemia.

Physical Description

Prague Panorama Upstream From Charles Bridge

The height difference from source to mouth is 1016 m and the largest stream at the source is named Cerný Potok (Black Brook).

Etymology

Both the Czech name Vltava and the German name Moldau are believed to originate from the old Germanic words *wilt ahwa ("wild water") (cf. Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 aqua).

Honors

A minor planet
Minor planet

An asteroid group or minor planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid....
 2123 Vltava
2123 Vltava

is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1767.2267794 days .The asteroid was discovered on September 22, 1973.References...
 discovered in 1973 by Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh

Nikolay Stepanovich Chernykh was a Soviet Union, Lithuanian and Russia astronomer.Chernykh was born in the city of Usman' in Voronezh Oblast....
 is named after the river.