Vydrica (river)

Vydrica (Hungarian: Vödric, German: Weidritz) is a small 17 km long river in south-western Slovakia, which originates in the Little Carpathians mountains at about 450 m AMSL and flows into the Danube through the capital Bratislava.

Vydrica
Vydrica near Železná studienka, part of the Bratislava Forest Park in Bratislava
Location
CountrySlovakia
RegionLittle Carpathians
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationDubové near Biely kríž
 • elevation450 m (1,480 ft) above sea level
Mouth 
 • location
Danube
Length17 km (11 mi)
Discharge 
 • average220 l/s (7.8 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionDanube→ Black Sea
Tributaries 
 • rightBystrička
Vydrica at Mlynská dolina, close to Sitina Tunnel

The river passes through the Bratislava Forest Park and enters the Danube in Karlova Ves borough. Some localities along the river are part of Natura 2000. It is one of few rivers in Slovakia to flow directly into the Danube.

Geography

Vydrica originates underneath the Biely kríž col underneath the Malý Javorník peak, in an area called Dubové. It flows south-west through the Bratislava Forest Park, collecting an unknown tributary and feeding two man-made water basins. It turns towards west creating four meanders in 2 kilometers of its length and close to the quarry underneath the Hrubý vrch mountain (394,0 AMSL) it turns again towards south. Vydrica then flows around the Hrubý Drieňovec mountain (396,7 ASML) and it collects its right tributary Bystrička as it enters the area of the upper Mlynská dolina and flows through Partizánska lúka (Partisan meadow) and the neighboring Železná studienka (Iron well), where it feeds four fish ponds. This area served for leisure and relaxation since the 19th century.[1]

Vydrica then flows mainly southward through Patrónka, lower Mlynská dolina until it enters the Danube near the Lafranconi bridge and the Botanical Garden of the Comenius University. During the bridge's construction, Vydrica was canalized in this section.

Flora and fauna

The Vydrica stream basin contains rare and endangered molluscs.[2]

See also
  • A bridge over Vydrica at Železná studienka
  • Vydrica flowing through Železná studienka
  • One of the ponds at the Vydrica in the Bratislava Forest Park
  • Vydrica at Patrónka

References
  1. "Partizánska Lúka (Partisan Meadow)". ParizanskaLuka.sk. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  2. http://mollusca.sav.sk/pdf/10/10.Cejka.pdf

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