The Moravian Thaya (, ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a left tributary of the Thaya River. It flows through the VysoÃÂina and South Bohemian regions and through Lower Austria. It is long.
The Moravian Thaya originates in the territory of Panenská RozsÃÂÃÂka in the Kà Âià ¾anov Highlands at an elevation of and flows to Raabs an der Thaya, where it enters the Thaya River at an elevation of . It is long, of which is in the Czech Republic. Its drainage basin has an area of , of which is in the Czech Republic.
The longest tributaries of the Moravian Thaya are:
The largest town on the river is DaÃÂice. The river flows past the municipalities of Panenská RozsÃÂÃÂka, BezdÃÂkov, Sedlejov, Urbanov, à ½atec, Dyjice, Radkov and ÃÂernÃÂàin the VysoÃÂina Region, then it continues past DaÃÂice, Cizkrajov, Staré Hobzàand PÃÂseÃÂné in the South Bohemian Region before crossing the border into Austria.
In Austria, it enters the Raabs an der Thaya municipality and flows to the town proper of Raabs an der Thaya, where it joins the German Thaya. From there, the unified Thaya river flows generally eastward and re-enters the Czech Republic.
The river supplies the fishpond ÃÂernÃÂÃÂský rybnÃÂk and a small water reservoir called Ivanka. The largest body of water in the basin area is the Nová à ÂÃÂà ¡e Reservoir with an area of .
About of the river and its immediate surroundings between DaÃÂice and the Czech-Austrian border are protected as Moravská Dyje Nature Monument. The protected area is . Among the protected species of animals found here are the Eurasian otter, Amur bitterling, schneider and European crayfish.
In the Czech part of the river, 21 species of aquatic molluscs were found: 13 species of freshwater snails and 8 species of bivalves. Bivalves in the river include duck mussel, painter's mussel, and the endangered thick shelled river mussel (sensu lato).