River
Thaya
235 km from source to mouth · Austria and Czechia.
Austria and CzechiaFlows into Morava3rd longest in Austria
In numbers
Length
235km
Average flow
52m³/s
Basin
13,419km²
Drop
263m
from 411 m to 148 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
235 km of river and 24 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmGerman Thayaat 411 m
- 13 kmGerman Thayatributary
- 50 kmŽeletavkatributary
- 63 kmVranov Reservoir5.2 km²
- 63 kmStříbrné vodopády6 m
- 64 kmWatermill in Vranov nad Dyjí
- 72 kmHardegg Thayabrücke
- 89 kmŠobeská lávka
- 100 kmZnojmo34,172 people
- 101 kmZnojmo Viaduct
- 102 kmKlášterní mlýn
- 104 kmJez Oblekovice
- 122 kmWatermill in Slup
- 125 kmJaroslavický mlýn
- 140 kmPulkautributary
- 141 kmLaa an der Thaya6,206 people
- 159 kmJevišovkatributary
- 174 kmMušov Reservoir6.1 km²
- 180 kmBaroque gate
- 182 kmSvratkatributary
- 189 kmNové Mlýny reservoirs23 km²
- 208 kmTrkmankatributary
- 213 kmPříhradový most u cukrovaru
- 213 kmBřeclav24,538 people
- 231 kmKyjovkatributary
- 235 kmMoravaat 148 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Central Europe
At the mouth it carries 52 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 48 seconds. It drops from 411 m to 148 m, 1.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 13,419 km², about the size of BS. 1.5 million people live in it. Highest water: from March to May; lowest: from January to February. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (30% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- ZnojmoLargest city on its banks · 34,172 people
- Brno-Tuřany Airport (BRQ)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 57 km from the cityCar hire at BRQ airport (Brno)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water25 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Thaya, month by month
Highest water: from March to May
Lowest water: from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 21 m³/s in the lowest month to 140 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
Thaya: the basin in numbers
13,368 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.5millionpeople live in the basin
- 113/km²people per km²
- 411maverage altitude of the basin
- 631mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 7.9°Caverage air temperature
- 6%protected areas
- 0.5%covered by lakes
- 0.5km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 23% Forest
- 59% Cropland
- 10% Pasture
- 4% 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
Thaya: what you find on the way
- 123WeirsGödenwehr, Novohrádecký jez, Pekárna and 120 more
- 5Boat ramps
- 17Ferry piersChmelnice, Bítov hrad, Bítov - Horka camp and 14 more
- 3River beachesMašovický lom, Badestrand Thaya, Pláž u apolonova chrámu
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Thaya 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.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
75mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Stříbrné vodopádykm 536m
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Vranov Reservoirkm 525.2km²
- Mušov Reservoirkm 146 · 4 m deep6.1km²
- Nové Mlýny reservoirskm 15823km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Mountains at the source (75)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Predigtstuhl9.4 km away718m
- Karlsteiner Berg8.8 km away706m
- Sieghartser Bühel13 km away688m
- Wieningsberg9.8 km away688m
- Georgenberg14 km away654m
- Pyhringer Höhe9.2 km away683m
- Steinwand12 km away680m
- Buchberg9.9 km away678m
67 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
Thaya in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
MoravaAustria388 km110 m³/sTributaries (16)
Also: Moravian Thaya, German Thaya, Kyjovka, Jevišovka, Želetavka, Trkmanka, Fugnitz, Pulkau, Seebsbach, Alter Bockgraben, Štinkovka, Gaberbach, Thumeritz, Kajabach, Gránický potok
Romania
Serbia
Croatia
Germany
MoldovaNearby
Rivers nearby
Hungary
SlovakiaWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q660208) · 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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