Desná (Kamenice)
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2021) |
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Czech. (November 2017) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
| Desná | |
|---|---|
 | |
  | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) |
Desná (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdɛsnaː]; German: Desse) is a short river in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is 2.3 km long and is a left tributary of the Kamenice, to which it enters in Tanvald.
It originates in the Jizera Mountains and has two tributaries, Bílá Desná and Černá Desná[1] (the "White Desná" and the "Black Desná").
Description[edit]
Desná is a left tributary of the Kamenice River in the Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region. The length of the stream is 2.3 km. The catchment area is 50.75 km2.
Etymology[edit]
The river has an old Slavic name mentioned as early as 1577. The word desná was in Old Czech significance "right", in this case, the right tributary of another river - the former inhabitants proceeded normally up rivers from the lowlands to the mountains, and so all flows, considered today for the left hand, were from their perspective right hand and vice versa.
References[edit]
- ^ http://voda.chmi.cz/hr05/seznamy/hsp.pdf Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
50°45′14″N 15°18′45″E / 50.7538°N 15.3126°E
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
 | This Liberec Region location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |