Myjava (river)

The Myjava is a river in Slovakia and briefly in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Morava River. It is 79 km (49 mi) long. Its drainage basin has an area of 745 km² (288 sq mi).^[1]

Myjava
The Myjava near estuary
Location
Countries	Slovakia Czech Republic
Regions (SK)/ Regions (CZ)	Trnava Trenčín South Moravian
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Nová Lhota, White Carpathians
• elevation	669 m (2,195 ft)
Mouth
• location	Morava
• coordinates	48°37′44″N 16°57′30″E
• elevation	152 m (499 ft)
Length	79 km (49 mi)
Basin size	745 km2 (288 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	2.64 m3/s (93 cu ft/s) in Štefanov
Basin features
Progression	Morava→ Danube→ Black Sea

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 (Slovak: mytie, podmývanie), meaning "to wash", "to undermine river banks".^[2]