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 Morava River, Central Europe - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Morava (as it is called in Czech and Slovak languages) or the March (as it is known in German) is a river located in Central Europe.
The river originates at the Králický Sněžník mountain in the north-western corner of Moravia, near the border between the Czech Republic and Poland and has a vaguely southern trajectory.
The lowlands formed by the river are the Hornomoravský úval and then the Dolnomoravský úval in Moravia, the Marchfeld or Moravian Field (plain between the northeast of Vienna and the Morava river) in Lower Austria, and the Záhorská nížina or Záhorie Lowlands in Slovakia (plain between Moravia and Bratislava).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Morava_river%2C_Central_Europe   (223 words)

  
 REC: Beyond Boundaries: Case Examples: Slovak Republic
The Morava River flood plains are located in the westernmost part of Slovakia, situated along the border.
The Danube-Odra-Elbe navigation canal might cause problems in the self-purification of the March (Morava) River, which is in the fourth (worst) class of cleanness.
Because the Morava River wetlands are mentioned in the Ramsar list, construction of the canal was excluded from the plan.
www.rec.org /REC/Publications/BndBound/Slovakia.html   (1196 words)

  
  Morava - Search Results - MSN Encarta
The river is formed by the union of the Western Morava, which receives the Ibar River, and the Southern Morava.
Slavic tribes settled near the Danube in the area that is now Slovakia during the 5th and 6th centuries AD.
The main rivers of the Czech Republic are the Elbe (known locally as the Labe), the Vltava, the Ohře, the Morava, the Lužnice, the Jihlava, and the...
ca.encarta.msn.com /Morava.html   (86 words)

  
  Morava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morava is the Czech and Slovak name for Moravia, a historical region in the Czech Republic.
Morava River (Central Europe), a river in the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia.
South Morava (Južna Morava), a river in southern Serbia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morava   (136 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Morava, river, Serbia (Balkans Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Morava or Velika Morava[vel´ikA mOr´AvA] Pronunciation Key, river, 134 mi (216 km) long, formed at Stalac, E Serbia, by the junction of the Zapadna Morava and the Juzna Morava.
The Morava's wide valley is fertile and densely populated.
Along with the Vardar River it is a major transportation corridor of the Balkan Peninsula.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MoravaRSerb.html   (170 words)

  
 Morava-Vardar Navigation Route
Serbia was very much interested in regulation of the river Morava which was said to be "the river which cut the very heart of the country and which was, by its nature, determined to export our goods and import what our country needs".
The water parting of the river Južna Morava is located on the broad plateau near Preševo, and flows northward and towards the Vardar (Axios) which is running southward.
The main advantages of river and canal transport over rail and road traffic are in considerably low transport costs, in big capacities, in reduced number of employee, in big advantages in loading and discharging, storage and maintenance of various types of goods and their safety in transit.
www.danube-cooperation.org /library/93jovanovski.htm   (2638 words)

  
 rediff.com: Two Indians survive Morava accident
Two of the three survivors among the illegal migrants who drowned in the Morava river between Slovakia and the Czech Republic on Wednesday have said they are Indians.
Morava river is a major transit point for illegal migrants to the West.
The river divides Slovakia from the Czech Republic.
www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/14josy.htm   (281 words)

  
 River Basin
The Danube River and many of its tributaries form the spawning grounds for many fish, but they receive variously treated wastewater from many sources, which ultimately ends up in the Black Sea, affecting a large area of its waters.
The Middle Basin is the largest of the three sub-regions, extending from Bratislava to the dams of the Iron Gate Gorge on the border between Serbia and Romania.
The tributaries that enter the main river along this section, including the Iskar, the Olt, the Yantra, the Siret and the Prut are comparatively small and account for only a modest increase in the total flow rate.
www.icpdr.org /icpdr-pages/river_basin.htm   (1185 words)

  
 Morava River (Central Europe) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Morava (Czech / Slovak: Morava; German: March) is a river in Central Europe.
The river originates at the Králický Sněžník mountain in the northwestern corner of Moravia, near the border between the Czech Republic and Poland and has a vaguely southern trajectory.
The lowlands formed by the river are the Upper Moravian Vale (Hornomoravský úval) and then the Lower Moravian Vale (Dolnomoravský úval) in Moravia, the Marchfeld or Moravian Field (plain between the northeast of Vienna and the Morava river) in Lower Austria, and the Záhorie Lowland (Záhorská nížina) in Slovakia (plain between Moravia and Bratislava).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morava_River,_Central_Europe   (304 words)

  
 Proposed flood protection measures in the Morava river basin
The Morava River Basin consists of two individual hydrological parts, which in many aspects behave quite differently: the first is the Morava River upstream its confluence with the Dyje River and the second is represented by the Dyje River Subbasin.
The Morava River Basin and the Dyje River Basin are dissimilarly equipped with artificial retention reservoirs.
Becva river catchment is already forest and the proposed area for changes from agricultural land to meadows and forests are approximately half of area for changes on Morava river catchment.
www.riob.org /ag2000/pov_mor.htm   (3282 words)

  
 Morava, river, Serbia — FactMonster.com
], river, 134 mi (216 km) long, formed at Stalać, E Serbia, by the junction of the Zapadna Morava and the Južna Morava.
The Morava's wide valley is fertile and densely populated.
Along with the Vardar River it is a major transportation corridor of the Balkan Peninsula.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0833967.html   (63 words)

  
 Ramsar Sites Database
A section of the Morava river between its confluence with the Danube and the village of Brodské, in Bratislava and Trnava county, western Slovak Republic.
The Morava River is a lowland river, cutting into the quaternary sediments and creating a meandering network.
Accumulation processes accelerated former river bed regulations (disconnection of meanders, straight river bed sank below the original one, resulting in an increasing drainage of the river alluvium and a decreasing water table in the surroundings), more than 90% is regulated.
www.wetlands.org /RSIS/_COP9Directory/Directory/3SK005.html   (836 words)

  
 Morava, river, Serbia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
, E Serbia, by the junction of the Zapadna Morava and the Ju na Morava.
The Morava’s wide valley is fertile and densely populated.
Along with the Vardar River it is a major transportation corridor of the Balkan Peninsula.
www.bartleby.com /65/mo/MoravaRSerb.html   (103 words)

  
 MORAVA - Yugoslavia, Section 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Pomoravlje is the area beside the river Velika Morava, and Homoljske and Kucajske mountains in the east, and in the west by Sumadija hills and mountains surround it.
The church is decorated with mosaic copies of the most beautiful frescoes from the Serbian medieval monasteries, and it is the second church in the world done in that painting technique.
East of Markovac, in the valley of the river Resava, beside Despotovac, there is a medieval fortress with the monastery Manasija.
www.planatours.co.yu /morava.htm   (1016 words)

  
 From the Archive of the International Scientific Forum
of the Morava, the Vardar (Axios) and the Pčinje  483,60 km
The main advantages of river and canal transport over rail and road traffic are in considerably low transport costs, in big capacities, in reduced number of employee, in big advantages in loading and discharging, storage and maintenance of various types of goods and their safety in transit.
The attitude that the river traffic is untenable in certain degree of development of other means of transportation showed as a wrong attitude, especially in the most developed countries such as West Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, USA and some others.
members.tripod.com /~danubedita/archive/93morava_vardar.htm   (2898 words)

  
 THE DANUBE AND ITS NETWORK
The Danube River raises at the confluence of the two source river Brigach and Breg near Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany.
The Danube River is 2778 km long (from confluence of the Breg and Brigach) and drains 817000 km² with a mean annual water volume of 6550 m3/s discharged into the Black Sea.
The Morava River is in this region the most important river from the north, draining the Czech part of the DRB and smaller areas of Slovakia and Austria.
www.undp-drp.org /drp/danube_danube_network.html   (790 words)

  
 Chapter 30   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Two beavers were introduced in 1976, and four in 1977 in the side river arms of the Danube flood(plain forests, near Eckartsau [1], approximately 15 km from the confluence of the Danube with the Morava river.
It means, that this animal had to overcome an approximately 50 km distance, firstly downstream of the Danube river and after that against the stream of the Morava river and then against the stream of the Rudavka river, up to the place of shooting.
The river banks need to be so high, that the beaver can dig a hole, starting from the entrance of the den, which is always under the water level, to such an altitude, which the water does not reach, and where the beaver can build a dry nesting chamber.
www.mpsr.sk /slovak/dok/gn/book/30kap/30kap.htm   (1859 words)

  
 Manitoba Conservation
River heights on the main stem of the Morava River rose between 2 - 6 m while many of its tributaries rose 1 - 4 m over very short time periods.
Because river floods most often contain high concentrations of turbidity, mapping flooded areas with conventional fl and white aerial photography can be quite difficult due to the flat, gray tones rendered by the water bodies which make the differentiation between land and water difficult.
Vector overlays of the rivers and lakes were superimposed and printed on top of the classification results to highlight the degree of river flooding and ponding of water.
www.gov.mb.ca /conservation/geomatics/remote_sensing/czechreport.html   (5221 words)

  
 YUBuild - Serbia and Montenegro Construction Expertise - Hydro-Engineering Projects -
; the Juzna Morava river basin is 15,466 km
; the Velika Morava river basin is 6,770 km
The purpose of control and development of the river basin is in the construction of buildings and other works to improve the canter regime in the river basin as well as the landscaping to protect it.
www.yu-build.com /main/g/066/066.html   (415 words)

  
 European inland fisheries advisory commission
The Czech Republic is situated at the watershed of three seas, namely the North Sea, (the Elbe), the Black Sea (the River Morava as a tributary of the Danube), and the Baltic Sea (the River Oder).
The Morava and the Elbe leave the Czech Republic's territory at an a.s.l.
They are still of the opinion that free waters (rivers, reservoirs) should remain under State ownership for leasing to anglers' organizations to guarantee compliance with all requirements (protection, stocking, as well as angling organization) in the most efficient and economical way.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/W0318E/W0318E12.htm   (2161 words)

  
 TV LINK Europe
The wetlands of the Morava river are about to witness a rebirth by becoming part of the network.
The wetlands of Morava are witnessing a rebirth.
In fact, the Morava valley (or the March) suffered at the hands of man during the 50s and 60s, when the slow and winding course of the river was canalised and straightened out.
www.tvlink.org /vnr.cfm?vidID=30   (1680 words)

  
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Description of area selected for Field Trip: Fluvial Plain of Morava River is one of the last remaining marshlands in the area of central Europe.
Morava River and other Danube tributaries are places, where rare species of fish that cannot be found anywhere else are observed: Balon’s Ruffle (Gymnocephalus baloni), Larger Danubian Perch (Zingel zingel) Smaller Danubian Perch (Zingel streber).
Aim is the study of Morava river floodplain ecosystem (meadows, marshlands, woods, river and river arm water).
www.raft-project.net /media/downloads/fluss_slovakia.doc   (2668 words)

  
 Flora and vegetation at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers
Flora and vegetation at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers
The easternmost point is by the old vehicular bridge across the Morava River southwest of the village of Lanzhot at 48°41'20“ N latitude and 16°59'25“ W longitude.
The southernmost point is at the confluence of the Morava and Dyje rivers at 48°37'00“ N latitude and 16°56'30“ W longitude.
www.sci.muni.cz /botany/publik/soutok-a.htm   (10851 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Morava, river, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Central Europe, Central Europe (Central European Physical ...
Morava, river, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Central European Physical Geography
March, river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Sudetes, N Czech Republic, and flowing generally S past Olomouc into the Danube River, W of Bratislava.
The Morava Valley is very fertile; sugar beets, grains, and tobacco are raised there.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MoravaRCz.html   (201 words)

  
 Danube River of Cooperation
The idea of connecting the river Danube with the Aegean Sea by a navigable route via the rivers Morava and Vardar (Axios) dates back to the XIX century.
Serbia was very much interested in regulation of the river Morava which was said to be "the river which cut the very heart of the country and which was, by its nature, determined to export our goods and import what our country needs".
Natural location of the Morava and Vardar river beds and possibility of connecting them on a short section between the rivers Juzna Morava and Pčinje affords extraordinary possibilities to materialize a navigable route from the Danube up to the Thessalonike in the Aegean Sea.
members.tripod.com /~danubedita/conference/12projects.htm   (603 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Elbe River": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The largest part - the Elbe River basin (65.2%) - belongs to the North Sea; the Morava River basin (25.4%) to the Black Sea, and the Odra...
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 FROGLOG 58 - Green Frogs are Greatly Endangered in Serbia and Montenegro
Green frog population density is greatest in the lowlands (the Panonnian Plain, the Morava River Basin, Lake Skadar); consequently about one third (35.17%) of the territory of Serbia and Montenegro is suitable for the economically-profitable harvesting of green frogs.
Almost all of the rivers in Serbia and Montenegro have experienced at least one accident-related event before the major disaster, caused by the NATO bombing in 1999.
For example, life in the Pek River (a tributary of the Danube in eastern Serbia) was completely wiped out after an accident in 1974, when 7 million cubic meters of solid and 4.5 million litres of cyanide/phenol/phosphate-rich liquid waste had been released from the Majdanpek copper mine.
www.open.ac.uk /daptf/froglog/FROGLOG-58-3.html   (1784 words)

  
 Restoration of Species-Rich Meadows in Morava River Floodplain
They were included in Protected Landscape Area Záhorie in 1989, and in 1993, 51 km2 of the floodplain area on the Slovak side of the river was designated as a Ramsar site.
1965 not only are the most distributed grasslands of the Morava River alluvium, but also are the biggest meadow complex in Central Europe with an area covering approximately 3,450 ha in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria.
In 1994, DAPHNE began restoration activities in the Morava River floodplain and the process is still going on.
www.botanika.hu /restoration/morava_article.htm   (1013 words)

  
 Exquisite Corpse - A Journal of Letters and Life
As we approach the river, the roar of the hair-raising creature alone is enough to half kill a man. The water is lapping impatiently beyond the edges of the bank with driftwood, leaves and grass.
Our map of the river loses its reliability due to the heavy rain which caused the river to climb its banks by two meters.
Trapped between the sinister watchtowers that punctuate the landscape behind us, and the wild, but hopeful, Morava River, it is little wonder that we decide to run towards the last gateway that promised us some hope of freedom - the gateway to Austria.
www.corpse.org /issue_11/critiques/imrich.html   (1605 words)

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