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Berounka

139 km from source to mouth · Czechia.

CzechiaCzechiaFlows into Vltava8th 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

139km

Average flow

150m³/s

Basin

8,855km²

Drop

111m

from 301 m to 190 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

139 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 25 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

301 m190 m
Radbuzaat 301 m0 km
Plzeň187,928 people10 km
Kříšský vodopád26 km
Darovský vodopád28 km
Bujesilské kaskády2 m45 km
vodopády u Radnického potoka46 km
Karáskův vodopád2 m68 km
Týřovské vodopády2 m69 km
Klíčava water reservoir0.4 km²88 km
Stradonické vodopády2 m101 km
Tetínský vodopád109 km
Vrané Reservoir0.8 km²130 km
Vltavaat 190 m139 km
050100139 km
  1. 0 kmRadbuzaat 301 m
  2. 0 kmŠťáhlavy2,894 people
  3. 1 kmTymákov1,075 people
  4. 1 kmStarý Plzenec5,403 people
  5. 10 kmPlzeň187,928 people
  6. 10 kmPilsen187,863 people
  7. 12 kmRadbuzatributary
  8. 12 kmMžetributary
  9. 12 kmÚslavatributary
  10. 13 kmfootbridge over the Berounka under Pecihrádek
  11. 15 kmZruč-Senec3,494 people
  12. 17 kmBukovecký vodopád2 m
  13. 20 kmDolanský most
  14. 21 kmDýšina2,112 people
  15. 21 kmChrást1,925 people
  16. 24 kmKlabavatributary
  17. 25 kmLužnické kaskády
  18. 26 kmKříšský vodopád
  19. 27 kmVodopád Dírka3 m
  20. 28 kmDarovský vodopád
  21. 30 kmVodopády Kašpara Šternberka2 m
  22. 33 kmOlešenské vodopády2 m
  23. 37 kmLibštejnský vodopád4 m
  24. 40 kmVodopády Boreckého potoka
  25. 40 kmTřemošnátributary
  26. 40 kmStřelatributary
  27. 41 kmLoužecký vodopád6 m
  28. 43 kmKozojedský vodopád3 m
  29. 45 kmBujesilské kaskády2 m
  30. 46 kmvodopády u Radnického potoka
  31. 50 kmMlýn U Nováků
  32. 51 kmKrašovské vodopády3 m
  33. 51 kmBaborův vodopád3 m
  34. 52 kmTřímanský vodopád2 m
  35. 55 kmvodopády Radubice
  36. 61 kmVodopády Na Čůráčkách
  37. 68 kmKaráskův vodopád2 m
  38. 69 kmTýřovské vodopády2 m
  39. 70 kmZbirožský potoktributary
  40. 79 kmVodopády Klučné
  41. 80 kmRoztoky1,048 people
  42. 80 kmRoztocké vodopády
  43. 80 kmRakovnický potoktributary
  44. 88 kmKlíčava water reservoir0.4 km²
  45. 89 kmKlíčavatributary
  46. 98 kmNižbor2,133 people
  47. 101 kmStradonické vodopády2 m
  48. 103 kmHýskov2,042 people
  49. 107 kmBeroun21,521 people
  50. 109 kmTetínský vodopád
  51. 111 kmLoděnicetributary
  52. 111 kmLitavkatributary
  53. 113 kmVodopád v Císařské rokli2 m
  54. 121 kmRovina363 people
  55. 121 kmŘevnice3,584 people
  56. 122 kmLety1,701 people
  57. 124 kmDobřichovice3,821 people
  58. 127 kmVšenory1,684 people
  59. 130 kmVrané nad Vltavou2,704 people
  60. 130 kmVrané Reservoir0.8 km²
  61. 131 kmČernošice7,712 people
  62. 135 kmRadotín8,462 people
  63. 136 kmZbraslav9,759 people
  64. 138 kmRadotín Viaduct
  65. 138 kmLahovice381 people
  66. 138 kmLahovice Bridge
  67. 139 kmModřany33,574 people
  68. 139 kmHodkovičky3,584 people
  69. 139 kmVelká Chuchle2,371 people
  70. 139 kmVltavaat 190 m

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

River in the Czech Republic

At the mouth it carries 153 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 16 seconds. It drops from 301 m to 190 m, 0.8 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 8,855 km², about the size of PR. 2.1 million people live in it. Highest water: from March to May; lowest: from December to February. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (36% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • PlzeňLargest city on its banks · 187,928 people
  • Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 61 km from the cityCar hire at PRG airport (Prague)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water29 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • Kayak and canoe18 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Berounka, month by month

Highest water: from March to May

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

110
-2°32 mmJan
77
-1°27 mmFeb
320
3°33 mmMar
320
8°38 mmApr
350
12°65 mmMay
240
16°72 mmJun
270
17°78 mmJul
270
17°71 mmAug
250
13°49 mmSep
210
8°38 mmOct
200
3°36 mmNov
150
0°35 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 77 m³/s in the lowest month to 350 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

Berounka: the basin in numbers

26,591 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Heavily regulatedReservoirs can hold 36% of a year's flow: dams shape its seasons.
  • 2.1millionpeople live in the basin
  • 78/km²people per km²
  • 534maverage altitude of the basin
  • 718mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 7.1°Caverage air temperature
  • 15%protected areas
  • 0.8%covered by lakes
  • 1.7km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 46% Forest
  • 33% Cropland
  • 13% Pasture
  • 3% 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

Berounka: what you find on the way

  • 12Dams
  • 96WeirsKoterov, Božkov, Doudlevce and 93 more
  • 1Locks
  • 11WaterfallsVodpodád Dírka, Kozojedský vodopád, Skryjský vodopád and 8 more
  • 1Rapids
  • 17Canoe put-ins
  • 7Boat ramps
  • 11Ferry piersPřívoz Nadryby, Přívoz v Darové, Branovský luh and 8 more
  • 4MarinasJK Plzeň, Ostende and 2 more
  • 7Boat rentalsDronte -Zvíkovec, rekreační středisko Pohoda, Lodě Skryje, machondak-sport and 4 more
  • 8River beachesMěstská plovárna Plzeň, Pláž Tůně, Jezerooo and 5 more

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.1 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Berounka 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.

  • 25waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
  • 2lakes on its wayLakeyas
  • 17mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Waterfalls (25)

On the river, by Cascadyas

  1. Vodopád Dírkakm 273m
  2. Libštejnský vodopádkm 374m
  3. Loužecký vodopádkm 416m
  4. Kozojedský vodopádkm 433m
  5. Krašovské vodopádykm 513m
  6. Baborův vodopádkm 523m
  7. Týřovské vodopádykm 702m
  8. Tetínský vodopádkm 110

17 more on CascadyasCascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗

Lakes and reservoirs (2)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Klíčava water reservoirkm 880.4km²
  2. Vrané Reservoirkm 130 · 10 m deep0.8km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

Mountains at the source (17)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Radyně9.7 km away567m
  2. Krkavec6.5 km away504m
  3. Vršíček12 km away436m
  4. Jelení vrch12 km away · prominence 146 m523m
  5. Chlum3.2 km away416m
  6. Holý vrch (Plzeň)5.3 km away411m
  7. Čilina11 km away
  8. Červený vrch14 km away

9 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Berounka: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Berounka: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth22 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

Berounka in pictures

Berounka v Karlštejně, 2021
Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0
Berounka v Karlštejně, 2013 (01)
Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Berounka River, Karlštejn (Karlstein), Central Bohemia, Czechia
eebAMDG · CC BY-SA 4.0
Berounka - jez roztoky
Czeva · Public domain

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

VltavaCzechiaCzechia430 km150 m³/s

Tributaries (24)

Also: Radbuza, Mže, Litavka, Úslava, Střela, Klabava, Rakovnický potok, Loděnice, Třemošná, Klíčava, Vůznice, Zbirožský potok, Bubovický potok, Javornice, Všenorský potok, Radotínský potok, Klučná, Svinařský potok, Tyterský potok, Skryjský potok, Karlický potok, Habrový potok, Olešenský potok, Švarcava

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

SázavaCzechiaCzechia226 km25 m³/s13 km awayJizeraCzechiaCzechia167 km100 m³/s29 km awayOhřeCzechiaCzechia247 km38 m³/s62 km awayOtavaCzechiaCzechia112 km26 m³/s64 km awayLužniceCzechiaCzechia208 km20 m³/s85 km awayInnGermanyGermany517 km740 m³/s172 km awayIsarGermanyGermany292 km170 m³/s168 km awayEnnsAustriaAustria254 km200 m³/s197 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q827033) · 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.

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