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Lužnice

208 km from source to mouth · Czechia and Austria.

CzechiaAustriaCzechia and AustriaFlows into Vltava4th longest in Czechia

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The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

208km

Average flow

20m³/s

Basin

4,235km²

Drop

243m

from 600 m to 357 m

Countries

2

The journey

From source to mouth

208 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 14 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

600 m357 m
Source of Lužniceat 600 m0 km
weir32 km
Cep I0.4 km²60 km
Cep1.2 km²65 km
Potěšil0.6 km²94 km
Klec0.5 km²94 km
Čejnov122 km
Černovický potoktributary125 km
Jordánský waterfall156 km
Tábor34,356 people157 km
Pod Libuší waterfall6 m191 km
Vltavaat 357 m208 km
050100150208 km
  1. 0 kmSource of Lužniceat 600 m
  2. 13 kmWeitra1,599 people
  3. 28 kmNÖ-Naturdenkmal GD-140 Storchenwiesen und Auwaldzellen Großdietmanns
  4. 29 kmČeské Velenice3,479 people
  5. 30 kmGmünd4,674 people
  6. 31 kmNÖ-Naturdenkmal GD-142 Storchenwiesen und Auwaldzellen Gmünd
  7. 32 kmweir
  8. 56 kmSuchdol nad Lužnicí3,659 people
  9. 60 kmCep I0.4 km²
  10. 65 kmJez Pilař
  11. 65 kmCep1.2 km²
  12. 66 kmDračicetributary
  13. 81 kmKoštěnický potoktributary
  14. 83 kmInundation bridge over the Lužnice in Stará Hlína
  15. 83 kmBridge of road I/34 over the Lužnice in Stará Hlína
  16. 84 kmStará Hlína228 people
  17. 91 kmBridge over the Lužnice in Lužnice
  18. 94 kmPotěšil0.6 km²
  19. 94 kmKlec0.5 km²
  20. 97 kmLomnice nad Lužnicí1,660 people
  21. 111 kmVlkovská pískovna0.5 km²
  22. 113 kmVeselí nad Lužnicí6,534 people
  23. 113 kmKlapkový
  24. 114 kmNežárkatributary
  25. 120 kmDráchov Weir
  26. 122 kmČejnov
  27. 124 kmFootbridge over the Lužnice in Soběslav
  28. 124 kmSoběslav7,308 people
  29. 125 kmČernovický potoktributary
  30. 125 kmSteiniger
  31. 127 kmŠpačkův mlýn
  32. 145 kmBridge over the Lužnice in Planá nad Lužnicí
  33. 145 kmPlaná nad Lužnicí4,614 people
  34. 151 kmSezimovo Ústí7,420 people
  35. 151 kmChotovinský potoktributary
  36. 155 kmRailway bridge in Tábor
  37. 156 kmPřibík weir
  38. 156 kmJordánský waterfall
  39. 157 kmTábor34,356 people
  40. 157 kmČelkovický most
  41. 157 kmweir Veselý
  42. 158 kmŠvehlův most
  43. 158 kmPokorný
  44. 160 kmBenešův
  45. 160 kmVětrovské kaskády2 m
  46. 160 kmVodopád u Harachovky3 m
  47. 161 kmVodopád pod Chlumem2 m
  48. 162 kmKvěchův mill
  49. 163 kmKaskády pod Kamennými poli
  50. 163 kmMatoušovský
  51. 165 kmVodopád pod Hlavinami4 m
  52. 165 kmVlásenický vodopád
  53. 166 kmDražičkovské vodopády2 m
  54. 169 kmPříběnické vodopády4 m
  55. 171 kmBečický vodopád2 m
  56. 175 kmKaskády u Řetězového mostu3 m
  57. 175 kmStádlec588 people
  58. 176 kmStádlec Suspension Bridge
  59. 187 kmbridge over the Lužnice in Hutě
  60. 191 kmPod Libuší waterfall6 m
  61. 192 kmBechyně Bridge
  62. 193 kmBechyně4,815 people
  63. 193 kmZářečský most
  64. 194 kmSmutnátributary
  65. 202 kmBridge in Koloděje nad Lužnicí
  66. 207 kmTýn nad Vltavou8,296 people
  67. 207 kmŽidova strouhatributary
  68. 207 kmBilinský potoktributary
  69. 207 kmWater reservoir Kořensko0.5 km²
  70. 208 kmVltavaat 357 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

River in Czech Republic and Austria

At the mouth it carries 20 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 122 seconds. It drops from 600 m to 357 m, 1.2 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 4,235 km², about the size of CV. 259,000 people live in it. Highest water: March; lowest: from December to February. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.

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Where to start

  • TáborLargest city on its banks · 34,356 people
  • České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport (JCL)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 54 km from the cityCar hire at PRG airport (Prague)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water3 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • Kayak and canoe1 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Lužnice, month by month

Highest water: March

Lowest water: from December to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.

13
-2°36 mmJan
12
-1°36 mmFeb
43
3°41 mmMar
33
8°44 mmApr
29
13°76 mmMay
28
16°89 mmJun
30
18°92 mmJul
28
17°81 mmAug
25
13°55 mmSep
22
8°40 mmOct
23
3°43 mmNov
17
0°43 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 12 m³/s in the lowest month to 43 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

Lužnice: the basin in numbers

4,223 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Free-flowingDams upstream can hold only 0.0% of a year's flow: the river still keeps its natural rhythm.
  • 259,000people live in the basin
  • 62/km²people per km²
  • 526maverage altitude of the basin
  • 719mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 7.4°Caverage air temperature
  • 17%protected areas
  • 1.5%covered by lakes

What covers the basin

  • 53% Forest
  • 28% Cropland
  • 12% Pasture
  • 2% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

Lužnice: what you find on the way

  • 1Dams
  • 84WeirsTušť, Pilař, Tájek and 81 more
  • 1LocksKořensko
  • 3WaterfallsJordánský vodopád, Vlásenický vodopád
  • 1Canoe put-insSuchdol nad Lužnicí
  • 3Boat rentalsJOLA, Na Palubu
  • 2River beachesGmünder Strandbad, Sokolská plovárna

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.6 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Lužnice in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 12waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
  • 6lakes on its wayLakeyas
  • 23mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Waterfalls (12)

On the river, by Cascadyas

  1. Jordánský waterfallkm 110
  2. Větrovské kaskádykm 1132m
  3. Vodopád u Harachovkykm 1133m
  4. Vodopád pod Hlavinamikm 1164m
  5. Příběnické vodopádykm 1194m
  6. Bečický vodopádkm 1202m
  7. Kaskády u Řetězového mostukm 1233m
  8. Pod Libuší waterfallkm 1346m

4 more on CascadyasCascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗

Lakes and reservoirs (6)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Cep Ikm 420.4km²
  2. Cepkm 461.2km²
  3. Potěšilkm 660.6km²
  4. Kleckm 660.5km²
  5. Vlkovská pískovnakm 780.5km²
  6. Water reservoir Kořenskokm 1460.5km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

Mountains at the source (23)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Viehberg9.3 km away · prominence 456 m1,112m
  2. Tischberg1.4 km away · prominence 156 m1,063m
  3. Nebelstein9.1 km away · prominence 150 m1,017m
  4. Kamenec5.1 km away · prominence 156 m1,073m
  5. Vysoká13 km away · prominence 210 m1,034m
  6. Myslivna5.7 km away · prominence 123 m1,040m
  7. Brockenberg9.2 km away1,053m
  8. Sepplberg3.4 km away1,004m

15 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Lužnice: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Lužnice: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth10 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

Lužnice in pictures

Luznice
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.5
Pramen Lužnice
Ondřej Žváček · CC BY 2.5
Tàbor vista della riva del Lužnice
Thoma000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pohoří na Šumavě - pramen Lužnice
JAn Dudík · CC BY 4.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

VltavaCzechiaCzechia430 km150 m³/s

Tributaries (16)

Also: Nežárka, Smutná, Dračice, Židova strouha, Braunaubach, Koštěnický potok, Chotovinský potok, Černovický potok, Bilinský potok, Pilský potok, Bechyňský potok, Dírenský potok, Všechlapský potok, Košínský potok, Oltyňský potok, Větrovský potok

In the same basin

SpreeGermanyGermany382 km36 m³/sHavelGermanyGermany325 km89 m³/sSaaleGermanyGermany413 km120 m³/sOhřeCzechiaCzechia247 km38 m³/sMuldeGermanyGermany147 km65 m³/sWeisse ElsterGermanyGermany257 km100 m³/sOtavaCzechiaCzechia112 km26 m³/sSázavaCzechiaCzechia226 km25 m³/sEldeGermanyGermany208 km11 m³/sBlack ElsterGermanyGermany179 km350 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

OtavaCzechiaCzechia112 km26 m³/s27 km awayInnGermanyGermany517 km740 m³/s99 km awayIsarGermanyGermany292 km170 m³/s114 km awaySázavaCzechiaCzechia226 km25 m³/s73 km awayEnnsAustriaAustria254 km200 m³/s112 km awayBerounkaCzechiaCzechia139 km150 m³/s85 km awayTraunAustriaAustria153 km140 m³/s108 km awayJizeraCzechiaCzechia167 km100 m³/s107 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q279943) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesCascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

The family

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