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| Vltava |
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(v l´tävä) (KEY) , Ger. Moldau, longest river of the Czech Republic, c.270 mi (430 km) long, rising in the Bohemian Forest, SW Czech Republic, and flowing SE, then N, past eské Bud jovice and Prague, to the Elbe River at M lník. There are several large hydroelectric stations on the river. |
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