The Ropičanka is a 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)-long river in the Frýdek-Místek

Frýdek-Místek District

Frýdek-Místek District is a district within the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the city of Frýdek-Místek. It was created by 1960 reform of administrative divisions...

 and Karviná

Karviná District

Karviná District is a district within the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the city of Karviná. It was created by 1960 reform of administrative divisions in the area of former Fryštát District...

 districts, Moravian-Silesian Region

Moravian-Silesian Region

Moravian-Silesian Region , or Moravo-Silesian Region, is one of 14 administrative Regions of the Czech Republic, until May 2001 it was formerly called the Ostrava Region . The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech part of the...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. It is a left tributary of the Olza River

Olza River

is a river in Poland and the Czech Republic, the right tributary of the Oder River. It flows from the Silesian Beskids through southern Cieszyn Silesia in Poland and Frýdek-Místek and Karviná districts of the Czech Republic, often forming the border with Poland. It flows into the Oder River north...

, which it enters on the outskirts of Český Těšín

Ceský Tešín

Český Těšín is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is commonly known in the region as just Těšín . It lies on the west bank of the Olza River, in the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia...

. The Ropičanka flows through Řeka

Reka

is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 466 , 21.5% of the population are the Poles. Village lies near the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountains, and Ropičanka River flows through it. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn...

, Smilovice

Smilovice (Frýdek-Místek District)

is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Ropičanka River. It has a population of 581 , Poles constitute 26.4% of the population. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia...

, Střítež

Strítež (Frýdek-Místek District)

is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 996 , 18.8% of the population are the Poles. Ropičanka River flows through the village. The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.There is a Catholic Saint Archangel Michael...

 and Ropice

Ropice

is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,417 , 28.9% of the population are the Poles. Ropičanka River flows into the Olza River in the village. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.The village was first mentioned in a...

 (from source to mouth). A small portion of its volume (about 0.07 m³/s or 2.5 ft³/s) is diverted to the watershed

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

 of the Stonávka River

Stonávka River

is a -long river in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.It is a left tributary of the Olza River, which it enters in Karviná. It flows through Albrechtice and Stonava before entering Karviná. The Těrlicko Dam is located on this...

 in order to increase the flow rate at the Těrlicko Dam

Terlicko Dam

Těrlicko Dam is a water reservoir and dam in Těrlicko, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Its surface is 2.66 km², dam is built on a Stonávka River. It was constructed in 1955-1962....

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