Cidlina

According to one theory, the name of the river is of Celtic origin and was composed of the words sīd(o) (meaning 'calm' or 'peace') and lèana (meaning 'wet meadow').{{cite web |last=Svoboda|first=Jiří|title=O původu názvů českých řek|url=https://sites.google.com/site/bskotyz/home/jiri-svoboda/o-puavodu-nazvua-rek|language=cs|date=2011-09-08|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025122958/https://sites.google.com/site/bskotyz/home/jiri-svoboda/o-puavodu-nazvua-rek|archive-date=2020-10-25}} According to another theory, the name comes from the Proto-Slavic adjective cědlá, which meant 'clear', 'clean'.{{cite web |last=Loucká|first=Pavla|title=Řeky si pojmenovali nejdřív|url=https://vesmir.cz/cz/casopis/archiv-casopisu/1997/cislo-9/reky-si-pojmenovali-nejdriv.html|publisher=Vesmír|language=cs|date=1997-09-05|access-date=2023-09-22}}

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The Cidlina originates in the territory of Lomnice nad Popelkou in the Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge at an elevation of {{cvt|563|m}} and flows to Libice nad Cidlinou, where it enters the Elbe River at an elevation of {{cvt|186|m}}. About 1.5 km south of the main spring there is the secondary spring of the Cidlina. The river is {{convert|225.9|km|abbr=on}} long. Its drainage basin has an area of {{convert|1164.5|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Základní charakteristiky toku Cidlina a jeho povodí|url=https://www.dibavod.cz/download.php?id_souboru=2220|publisher=T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-09-22}}

The longest tributaries of the Cidlina are:{{cite web |title=Vodní toky|url=https://mapy.chmi.cz/ords/chmi_app/r/fewshlprf/stream-list?|work=Evidence hlásných profilů|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-10-18}}

The most notable settlement on the river is the town of Jičín. The river flows through the municipal territories of Železnice, Jičín, Vitiněves, Slatiny, Žeretice, Vysoké Veselí, Smidary, Skřivany, Nový Bydžov, Mlékosrby, Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Olešnice, Žiželice, Choťovice, Žehuň, Dobšice, Sány, Opolany and Libice nad Cidlinou.

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The largest body of water on the Cidlina and in its whole basin area is the Žehuňský Pond with an area of {{cvt|173|ha}}. There are 126 bodies of water larger than 1 ha in the basin area.

On the upper reaches of the river there is an extensive nature monument called Javorka a Cidlina – Sběř. It has an area of {{cvt|272.9|ha}} and, in addition to the Cidlina bed, it also covers the bed of the lower course of the Javorka and some areas on the banks of the Cidlina. The reason for the protection is to ensure a stable population of specially protected species of plants and animals, especially the thick shelled river mussel, the dusky large blue, the Eurasian otter and the green snaketail.{{cite web |title=Javorka a Cidlina - Sběř|url=https://drusop.nature.cz/ost/chrobjekty/zchru/index.php?SHOW_ONE=1&ID=14344|publisher=Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2023-09-22}}

The area of Žehuňský Pond and its surroundings is protected as Žehuňský rybník National Nature Monument. It has an area of {{cvt|301.6|ha}}. Endangered species found here include the narrow-mouthed whorl snail and several rare species of the genus Taraxacum (bavaricum, pauckertianum and irrigatum).{{cite web |title=Žehuňský rybník|url=https://drusop.nature.cz/ost/chrobjekty/zchru/index.php?SHOW_ONE=1&ID=540|publisher=Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2023-09-22}}

The secondary spring of the Cidlina is located in Jezírko pod Táborem Nature Monument on an area of {{cvt|0.3|ha|1}}. It is a small peat pond with a population of the round-leaved sundew.{{cite web |title=Jezírko pod Táborem|url=https://drusop.nature.cz/ost/chrobjekty/zchru/index.php?SHOW_ONE=1&ID=1928|publisher=Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2023-09-22}}

The Cidlina is suitable for river tourism. About {{cvt|76|km}} of the river is navigable. Its calm flow makes it suitable for beginner paddlers.{{cite web |title=Cidlina – klidné nížinné poježdění|url=https://www.padler.cz/vodacky-pruvodce/cidlina-klidne-nizinne-pojezdeni/|publisher=Pádler|language=cs|date=2017-11-09|access-date=2023-09-22}}

• List of rivers of the Czech Republic

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• [https://hydro.chmi.cz/hppsoldv/hpps_prfdyn.php?seq=307212 River flow at Sány station] – Flood Warning and Forecasting Service of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

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