Jizera (river)
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The Jizera is a river in the Czech Republic and shortly in Poland, a right tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Liberec and Central Bohemian regions. It is 167.0 km (103.8 mi) long, which makes it the 10th longest river in the Czech Republic.
The Jizera in Železný Brod
Upper course of the Jizera
The Jizera in Tuřice
Pumping water site for artificial infiltration in Sojovice
Elbe
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The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Western Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia, then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 kilometres northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is 1,094 km (680 mi).
The Elbe (Labe) near Děčín, Czech Republic
The Middle Elbe in the North German Plain near the village of Gorleben. In this section, the river had been part of the Iron Curtain between West and East Germany during the Cold War. For that reason, the river banks even today look relatively natural and undeveloped. (Photo taken 2011)
View of the Elbe in Saxon Switzerland, an area in Germany
The Port of Hamburg on the Elbe