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Vltava

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Vltava (VU (U)L-tə-və, Czech: [ˈvl̩tava]; German: Moldau) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague. It is commonly referred to as the "Czech national river".

Flows through: Czech Republic.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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