( Polish: ) is a 31 km long river originating in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

but flowing mostly through

Karviná District Karviná District () is a Okres, district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Karviná, but the most populated city is Havířov. Administrative division Karviná District is divided into five Distric ...

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It is the right tributary of the

Olza River The Olza (, ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Poland, a right tributary of the Oder The Oder ( ; Czech and ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and it ...

, to which it enters in Závada (part of Petrovice u Karviné). It begins in vicinity of

Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Repu ...

( Pastwiska) and then flows north through

Hażlach Hażlach is a village and the seat of Gmina Hażlach in Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. The name of the village is of topographic Austro-Bavarian origins ( Hasen-loch?). History The village lies in the historical r ...

Kończyce Wielkie is a village in Gmina Hażlach, Cieszyn County in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. History In 2004 and 2005 in the village the oldest traces of Homo erectus in Poland were found, dated 800 000 y ...

Kończyce Małe is a village in Gmina Zebrzydowice, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, on the Piotrówka River. History The village was first me ...

, Zebrzydowice, where it veers west towards

Marklowice Górne Marklowice Górne is a village in Gmina Zebrzydowice, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. Piotrówka River flows through the village. Etymology The name of the village is patronymic in origin, derived from the German language, ...

Dolní Marklovice (Polish language, Polish: ) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Petrovice u Karviné in 1952. Petrůvka River flows through the village. ...

, Petrovice u Karviné and Závada.

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* Rivers of Poland Rivers of Silesian Voivodeship Rivers of the Moravian-Silesian Region Karviná District Cieszyn Silesia International rivers of Europe {{Poland-river-stub

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