River Flow Europe

Otava river

The Otava is a European river flowing through Czech Republic. As of 2026-10-14, the Otava was flowing at about 4.035 m³/s at the Písek gauge.

Canonical name
Otava
Countries
Czech Republic
Maximum upstream drainage area
2,969 km²
Mapped river length
82.3 km
Gauging stations
4
Latest measured discharge
4.035 m³/s (Písek, 2026-10-14)

Gauging stations on the Otava

The following 4 gauging stations report discharge for the Otava, ordered downstream (largest catchment first). Discharge is in cubic metres per second (m³/s).

StationCountryDischarge (m³/s)Historical ComparisonObservedMeasurementData qualityProviderLat, LonSource
PísekCzech Republic4.035Much below normal72% below the historic medianinstantaneousCHMI operational dataCzech Hydrometeorological Institute49.317, 14.144source
SušiceCzech Republic1.683Much below normal74% below the historic medianinstantaneousCHMI operational dataCzech Hydrometeorological Institute49.237, 13.525source
KatoviceCzech Republic2.774Much below normal67% below the historic medianinstantaneousCHMI operational dataCzech Hydrometeorological Institute49.27, 13.83source
StrakoniceCzech Republic3.27—instantaneousCHMI operational dataCzech Hydrometeorological Institute49.266, 13.915source

Data, sources & timestamps

Geometry is the HydroRIVERS network (HydroSHEDS): European reaches with at least 500 km² of upstream catchment, merged into chains between confluences. Flow direction comes from the network itself; river names are the canonical English label joined from provider metadata and Natural Earth, with local-language aliases retained.

Discharge is normalised observed streamflow from official national hydrology providers, measured where a gauge sits on the river and interpolated between gauges. Pale/estimated values are derived from drainage area × the local specific discharge of nearby gauges and are never presented as measurements.

Underlying dataset built . This page generated . Discharge values carry their own observation dates in the table above.

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