Myjava (river)
{{Infobox river
| name = Myjava
| image = Myjava river 7.jpg
| image_caption = The Myjava near estuary
| source1_location = Nová Lhota, White Carpathians
| mouth_location = Morava
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|48|37|44|N|16|57|30|E|display=it}}
| progression = {{RMorava}}
| subdivision_type1 = Countries
| subdivision_name1 = {{hlist|Slovakia|Czech Republic}}
| subdivision_type2 = Regions of the Czech Republic/
Regions of the Czech Republic
| subdivision_name2 = {{hlist|Trnava|Trenčín|
South Moravian}}
| length_km = 79
| source1_elevation = {{cvt|669|m}}
| mouth_elevation = {{cvt|152|m}}
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|2.64|m3/s|abbr=on}} in Štefanov
| basin_size_km2 = 745
}}
The Myjava is a river in Slovakia and briefly in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Morava River. It is {{convert|79|km|abbr=on}} long. Its drainage basin has an area of {{convert|745|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=Veterný park Myjava, lokalita Vesný vrch|url=https://portal.cenia.cz/eiasea/download/RUlBX01aUDAwNk1fdnl0YWhPem5hbWVuaURPQ18xLnBkZg/MZP006M_vytahOznameni.pdf|page=18|language=sk|date=April 2006|access-date=2024-11-01}}
It rises in the White Carpathians near the village of Nová Lhota in Moravia, but crosses the Czech-Slovak border shortly afterwards and flows in a southern direction until the town of Myjava, where it enters the Myjava Hills and turns west. Near Sobotište it flows into the Záhorie Lowland and turns south until the village of Jablonica, turning northwest and from Senica it flows west, passing through Šaštín-Stráže and finally flowing into the Morava River near Kúty.
Etymology
The stem myj- comes from Proto-Slavic *myjǫ ({{langx|sk|mytie, podmývanie}}), meaning "to wash", "to undermine river banks".{{cite journal |last=Závodný|first=Andrej|title=O názvoch riek a potokov na Záhorí|trans-title=About river and creek names in Záhorie|journal=Záhorie|issue=1|year=2007|language=sk|url=http://old.zahorskemuzeum.sk/?q=page/118|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510091112/http://old.zahorskemuzeum.sk/?q=page%2F118|archivedate=2017-05-10}}
References
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{{Hydrography of Slovakia}}
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Category:Rivers of the South Moravian Region
Category:International rivers of Europe
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