Vlára
Sign in to saveThe Vlára is a river in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, a right tributary of the Váh. It flows through the Zlín Region in the Czech Republic and through the Trenčín Region in Slovakia. It is long. It is the only significant watercourse in the Czech Republic that does not belong to the Elbe, Morava and Oder river basins.
Key facts
- River.name
- Vlára
- River.image
- Bohuslavice nad Vláří, most.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Vlára in Bohuslavice nad Vláří
- River.source1_location
- Drnovice, Vizovice Highlands
- River.mouth_location
- Váh
- River.subdivision_type1
- Countries
- River.subdivision_type2
- Regions /Regions
- River.length_km
- 44.7
- River.discharge1_avg
- near estuary
- River.basin_size_km2
- 371.6
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Official name
- Vlára
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Trenčín District
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Bohuslavice nad Vláří, most.jpg
- Length
- 33.831
Show 3 more facts
- mouth of the watercourse
- Váh
- Commons category
- Vlára
- watershed area
- 371.6
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Characteristic
- Course
- See also
- References
- External links
The Vlára is a river in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, a right tributary of the Váh. It flows through the Zlín Region in the Czech Republic and through the Trenčín Region in Slovakia. It is long. It is the only significant watercourse in the Czech Republic that does not belong to the Elbe, Morava and Oder river basins.
==Etymology== The name is of Celtic origin, derived from the word uolra. The root uel- meant 'to roll', 'rush'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vlára” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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