Vltava, River (Ger Moldau)

River in the Czech Republic, formed in the Bohemian Forest by the junction of two headstreams; flows SE and N to meet the R Elbe near Mĕlník; length 427 km/265 mi; navigable for c.80 km/50 mi; major source of hydroelectricity.

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