River Ostravice
Description:
Ostravice is a small river in the Moravian-Silesian region in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. It is the right tributary of the Odra River and has a length of 65 km. The river flows through the cities of Ostrava, Friedek-Mistek and Friedlant nad Ostravice. In Ostrava, the river divided the city into two parts, flowing in the middle from south to north and merging with the Oder River in the urban district of Koblov.
The river is the decoration and pride of the city, next to it there are pedestrian zones, parks, restaurants, places for recreation of citizens. In addition, the river is of paramount importance for the city, providing residents with drinking water from a reservoir that formed in the upper reaches of the river in the form of a reservoir. On the river there are rapids that belong to protected natural formations.