The Ścinawka () is a river in

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and the

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, a left tributary of the

Eastern Neisse The Eastern Neisse, also known by its Polish name of Nysa Kłodzka (, ), is a river in southwestern Poland, a left tributary of the Oder, with a length of 188 km (21st longest) and a basin area of 4,570 km2 (3,742 in Poland). Prior to Wo ...

. It flows through the

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in Poland and through the

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in the Czech Republic. It is long.

Etymology

The name was probably derived from the Germanic words ''steina-ahwa'', meaning 'stony river'. The name was first recorded in 1213 as ''Stenawa''.

Characteristic

The Ścinawka originates in the territory of Jedlina-Zdrój in the Waldenburg Mountains at an elevation of and flows to Ławica, where it merges with the Eastern Neisse River at an elevation of . It is long, of which is in the Czech Republic. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

has an area of , of which is in the Czech Republic. The average discharge at the mouth is . The average discharge at the Czech-Polish state border, before the river returns to Poland, is . The most important tributaries join the river in Poland. The longest tributaries of the Ścinawka are:

Course

The river flows through the territories of Jedlina-Zdrój and the

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in Poland, through

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, Jetřichov, Hynčice,

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Heřmánkovice Heřmánkovice () is a municipality and village in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. It is located on the border with Poland. Administrative division Heřmánkovice consists of two ...

Broumov Broumov (; ) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,100 inhabitants. There are three important historic buildings, protected as national cultural monuments: the Benedictine monastery, the ...

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and Otovice in the Czech Republic and then through the territories of the gminas of

Radków Radków () is a town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Radków, close to the Czech border. As at 2019, the town has a population of 2,406. ...

and

Kłodzko Kłodzko (; ; ; ) is a historic town in south-western Poland, in the region of Lower Silesia. It is situated in the centre of the Kłodzko Valley, on the Eastern Neisse (Nysa Kłodzka) river. Kłodzko is the seat of Kłodzko County (and of the ru ...

in Poland.

Nature

The upper course of the river crosses the Sudety Wałbrzyskie Landscape Park. The entire flow of the river in the Czech Republic is located within the

Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area The Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area (, abbreviated CHKO Broumovsko) is a protected landscape area in Hradec Králové Region in the Czech Republic, on the border with Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in ...

References

External links

River flow at Otovice station
– Flood Warning and Forecasting Service of the

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI; ) is the central state office of the Czech Republic in the fields of air quality, meteorology, climatology and hydrology. It is an organization established by the Ministry of the Environment of the Cz ...