Berounka
Sign in to saveThe Berounka () is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Vltava River. It flows through the Plzeň and Central Bohemian regions to Prague. It is formed by the confluence of the Mže and Radbuza rivers in Plzeň. Together with the Mže, which is its main source, the Berounka is long, which makes it the fifth longest river in the Czech Republic. Without the Mže, it is long.
Key facts
- River.name
- Berounka
- River.image
- Berounka vyhled Tetin 4326.JPG
- River.image_caption
- The Berounka under Tetín
- River.source1
- Mže
- River.source1_location
- Mähring, Upper Palatine Forest
- River.mouth_location
- Vltava
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Czech Republic
- River.subdivision_type2
- Regions
- River.length_km
- 244.6
- River.discharge1_avg
- near estuary
- River.basin_size_km2
- 8854.2
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The Berounka () is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Vltava River. It flows through the Plzeň and Central Bohemian regions to Prague. It is formed by the confluence of the Mže and Radbuza rivers in Plzeň. Together with the Mže, which is its main source, the Berounka is long, which makes it the fifth longest river in the Czech Republic. Without the Mže, it is long.
==Etymology== The river is named after the town of Beroun. Originally, the entire stream was called Mže () and the name first appeared in the 12th century, among others in Chronica Boemorum. The name was written as Mse, Msa and Misa. From the 17th century, the lower course started to be named Berounka, but the name Mže still appeared as a name for the entire stream at the end of the 19th century. In order to avoid confusion, an initiative to rename the lower course back to the historical name Mže was created in 2008, but its efforts were unsuccessful due to the strongly adopted current name.