The Ploučnice (german: Polzen) is a river in the
Czech Republic
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. It is a
tributary
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of the
Elbe
The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Rep ...
, which it flows into in
Děčín
Děčín (; german: Tetschen, 1942–1945: ''Tetschen–Bodenbach'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It is the 7th largest municipality in the country by area.
Administrative parts
D ...
. It is long, and its basin area is about , of which in the Czech Republic.
References
External links
* Horáčková J. & Juřičková L. (2013)
"Nivní malakofauna Ploučnice (Severní Čechy). The floodplain mollusc fauna of the Ploučnice River (North Bohemia)" ''
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca
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Cont ...
'' 12: 40–47.
* Beran L. (1998). "Vodní měkkýši Ploučnice". ''Bezděz, vlastivědný sborník Českolipska'', Česká Lípa 7: 173–180.
Rivers of the Liberec Region
Rivers of the Ústí nad Labem Region
Populated places in Děčín District
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