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» There is also the river Ohre in northern Germany.
The
Ohře (
German: ) is a 316 km long
river in
Germany (65 km) and the
Czech Republic (251 km), left tributary of the
Elbe. The basin area of the river has a size of 6,255 km², of which 5,614 km² are in the Czech Republic and 641 km² in Germany.
The source of the river is situated in
Bavaria at the foot of Schneeberg mountain in the
Fichtelgebirge Range near the town of
Weißenstadt. After approx. 35 km, the Eger (not to be confused with
the town in Hungary), as the river is called in German, crosses the border to Czech Republic to flow through parts of Bohemia which were known until 1945 as
Egerland. The river passes the cities
Cheb, (like the river),
Karlovy Vary,
Klášterec nad Ohří,
Kadaň,
Žatec,
Louny, and
Terezín before flowing into the river
Elbe in
Litoměřice.
Several districts in Germany and the Czech Republic have formed an
Euroregion initiative named Euregio Egrensis to foster cooperation in the region of Eger/Ohře/Cheb.
Etymology
There is a
Czech pun that Ohře got its name from the river Teplá (meaning "warm" in Czech) - "ohřát" means "to warm up." However the real origin, which still shows in the German name, is
Celtic from
Agara (the "
Salmon River").
The records show the name as
Agara,
Agira,
Agra in 800s and
Egire,
Egra or
Ogra in 1000s and
Eger in 1472.
Flow
The highest
volume flow rate occurs in spring. The average volume flow rate at the mouth is 37.94 m³/s. The lower part of the river flows through areas with the lowest average precipitation in the
Czech Republic (less than 500 mm).
Use
Ohře is primarily used for irrigation and hydroenergy. There are two dams: Skalka (built in 1962–1964, area 378 ha) and Nechranice (built 1961–1968, area 1338 ha). The rivers flows through the following important towns:
Cheb,
Sokolov,
Loket nad Ohří,
Karlovy Vary,
Ostrov nad Ohří,
Klášterec nad Ohří,
Kadaň,
Žatec,
Louny,
Libochovice,
Budyně nad Ohří,
Terezín and
Litoměřice.
Tributaries
- Odrava (Right)
- Libocký potok (Left)
- Svatava (L)
- Rolava (L)
- Teplá (R)
- Bystřice (L)
- Liboc (R)
- Blšanka (R)
- Chomutovka (L)
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