Vydrica ( hu, Vödric, german: Weidritz) is a small long

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in south-western

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, which originates in the Little Carpathians mountains at about 450 m

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and flows into the

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through the capital

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. The river passes through the Bratislava Forest Park and enters the Danube in Karlova Ves borough. Some localities along the river are part of

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. It is one of few rivers in Slovakia to flow directly into the Danube.

Geography

Vydrica originates underneath the Biely kríž col underneath the ''Malý Javorník'' peak, in an area called Dubové. It flows south-west through the Bratislava Forest Park, collecting an unknown tributary and feeding two man-made water basins. It turns towards west creating four meanders in 2 kilometers of its length and close to the

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underneath the ''Hrubý vrch'' mountain (394,0

) it turns again towards south. Vydrica then flows around the ''Hrubý Drieňovec'' mountain (396,7 ASML) and it collects its right tributary Bystrička as it enters the area of the upper

Mlynská dolina Mlynská dolina (literally: Mill valley; before 1894 german: Mühltal, hu, Malomvölgy) is a neighborhood of Karlova Ves borough of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is located in the Bratislava IV district. Geographically and historica ...

and flows through Partizánska lúka (Partisan meadow) and the neighboring Železná studienka (Iron well), where it feeds four

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s. This area served for leisure and relaxation since the 19th century. Vydrica then flows mainly southward through

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, lower

until it enters the

near the

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and the

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. During the bridge's construction, Vydrica was canalized in this section.

Flora and fauna

The Vydrica stream basin contains rare and endangered

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s.http://mollusca.sav.sk/pdf/10/10.Cejka.pdf

Gallery

File:Vydrica river 2.jpg, A bridge over Vydrica at Železná studienka File:Vydrica river 3.jpg, Vydrica flowing through Železná studienka File:Bratislava, Záhorská Bystrica, jedna z vydrických nádrží.jpg, One of the ponds at the Vydrica in the Bratislava Forest Park File:Bratislava Vydrica River Patronka LQ.jpg, Vydrica at

References

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Geography

Flora and fauna

See also

Gallery

References