River
Jihlava
181 km from source to mouth · Czechia.
CzechiaFlows into Svratka5th longest in Czechia
In numbers
Length
181km
Average flow
12m³/s
Basin
3,117km²
Drop
368m
from 532 m to 164 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
181 km of river and 46 stops on the way: 14 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmsource of the Jihlavaat 532 m
- 0 kmBatelov2,458 people
- 6 kmDolní Cerekev1,233 people
- 15 kmVodní nádrž Hubenov0.4 km²
- 18 kmŠašek's weir
- 26 kmweir Český mlýn
- 27 kmJihlava54,624 people
- 27 kmsilniční most u Jánů
- 28 kmJihlávkatributary
- 31 kmrailway bridge over the Jihlava in Helenín
- 34 kmVelký Beranov1,315 people
- 41 kmLuka nad Jihlavou3,184 people
- 54 kmBrtnicetributary
- 62 kmOkříšky2,007 people
- 70 kmStařeč1,539 people
- 73 kmBridge over the Jihlava at Polanka
- 74 kmPodklášterský most
- 74 kmFootbridge of plk. Jindřich Svoboda
- 75 kmCoastal footbridge under Hrádek in Třebíč
- 75 kmfootbridge of Soukenická street
- 75 kmTřebíč34,530 people
- 76 kmNovodvorský jez
- 76 kmSmetanův most
- 77 kmBridge of Sportovní street over the Jihlava
- 78 kmStařeč streamtributary
- 85 kmVladislav1,225 people
- 87 kmvodopád na Klíčku2 m
- 94 kmPlešický vodopád2 m
- 97 kmStropešín bridge
- 105 kmDalešice Reservoir3.0 km²
- 114 kmMohelno reservoir0.4 km²
- 115 kmMohelno1,383 people
- 116 kmDukovanský vodopád4 m
- 118 kmVodopád na Mohelničce
- 130 kmMlýn Hrubšice
- 137 kmOslavatributary
- 138 kmIvančice9,898 people
- 142 kmOld Ivančice Viaduct
- 142 kmIvančice Viaduct
- 142 kmNew Ivančice Viaduct
- 145 kmMoravské Bránice994 people
- 148 kmDolní Kounice2,403 people
- 161 kmRokytnátributary
- 163 kmPohořelice6,126 people
- 166 kmPřibice - Pohořelice railway bridge over the Jihlava
- 174 kmRoad bridge over the Jihlava in Ivaň
- 179 kmMušov Reservoir6.1 km²
- 181 kmSvratkaat 164 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
Czech river
At the mouth it carries 12 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 208 seconds. It drops from 532 m to 164 m, 2.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 3,117 km², about the size of LU. 1.1 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to May; lowest: from January to February. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (23% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- JihlavaLargest city on its banks · 54,624 people
- Pardubice Airport (PED)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 69 km from the cityCar hire at BRQ airport (Brno)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water10 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe1 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Jihlava, month by month
Highest water: from April to May
Lowest water: from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 14 m³/s in the lowest month to 88 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.
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The basin
Jihlava: the basin in numbers
7,117 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.1millionpeople live in the basin
- 152/km²people per km²
- 456maverage altitude of the basin
- 621mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 7.6°Caverage air temperature
- 7%protected areas
- 0.3%covered by lakes
- 0.2km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 29% Forest
- 52% Cropland
- 9% Pasture
- 6% 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
Jihlava: what you find on the way
- 61WeirsPadrtův mlýn, Palečkův jez, Řípov and 58 more
- 7WaterfallsVodopád na Klíčku, Plešický vodopád and 5 more
- 1Canoe put-ins
- 7Ferry piersKoněšín, Třesov, Autokemp Wilsonka and 4 more
- 3Marinas
- 1River beaches
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.7 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Jihlava 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.
4waterfalls on the riverCascadyas
4lakes on its wayLakeyas
71mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (4)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- vodopád na Klíčkukm 702m
- Plešický vodopádkm 752m
- Dukovanský vodopádkm 934m
- Vodopád na Mohelničcekm 94
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Lakes and reservoirs (4)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Vodní nádrž Hubenovkm 120.4km²
- Dalešice Reservoirkm 84 · 86 m deep3.0km²
- Mohelno reservoirkm 910.4km²
- Mušov Reservoirkm 143 · 4 m deep6.1km²
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Mountains at the source (71)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Javořice6.5 km away · prominence 297 m837m
- Hradisko13 km away · prominence 102 m761m
- Míchova skála7.1 km away
- Tůmův vrch11 km away
- Troják12 km away
- Rovina6.0 km away
- Míchův vrch6.2 km away
- Nadavek9.3 km away
63 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
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
Jihlava in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
SvratkaCzechia174 km27 m³/sTributaries (11)
Also: Oslava, Rokytná, Jihlávka, Brtnice, Klapovský stream, Lubí, Stařeč stream, Třešťský potok, Markovka, Týnský potok, Mohelnička
Romania
Serbia
Croatia
Germany
Moldova
AustriaNearby
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Hungary
SlovakiaWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1598984) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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