Vltava River & 2123 Vltava Asteroid - Zlatá Koruna, Czech Republic - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

The Vltava river is 430 kilometres (270 mi) long and drains an area about 28,090 square kilometres (10,850 sq mi) in size, over half of Bohemia and about a third of the Czech Republic's entire territory.[1] As it runs through Prague, the river is crossed by 18 bridges (including the famous Charles Bridge, shown below) and covers 31 kilometres (19 mi) within the city.[2] The water from the river was used for drinking until 1912, when the Vinohrady Water Tower ceased pumping operations.[3] It is, however, the source of drinking water in case of failures/repairs to the water supply from the Želivka and Kárané sources. The Podolí water processing plant is on standby for such cases with the long section of the river upstream of the Podolí plant under the stricter, second degree of pollution prevention regulations.

Several dams were built on it in the 1950s. The Orlík Dam supports the largest reservoir on the Vltava by volume, while the Lipno Dam in the Bohemian Forest (Czech: Šumava) retains the largest reservoir by area. North of Prague the Štechovice Reservoir has been built over the site of the St John's Rapids. The river also features numerous locks and weirs that help mitigate its flow from 1,172 metres (3,845 ft) in elevation at its source near the German border to 155 metres (509 ft) at its mouth in Melník.

The height difference from source to mouth is about 1,016 metres (3,333 ft) and the largest stream at the source is named Cerný Potok (Black Brook). The Vltava itself originates by a confluence of two streams, the Warm Vltava (Teplá Vltava), which is longer, and the Cold Vltava (Studená Vltava), sourcing in Bavaria. Along its course, Vltava receives many tributaries, the biggest being Otava and Berounka from the left and Lužnice and Sázava from the right side. Its section around Ceský Krumlov (specifically from Vyšší Brod to Boršov nad Vltavou) is a very popular destination of water tourism.




2123 Vltava Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: N. S. Cernych
Date of discovery: 22. 9. 1973
Place of discovery: Naucnyj

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