{{Infobox river | name = Opavice | image = Město Albrechtice, Opavice (1).jpg | image_caption = The Opavice in Město Albrechtice | source1_location = Heřmanovice, Zlatohorská Highlands | source1_coordinates = {{coord|50|12|35|N|17|23|7|E|display=inline}} | mouth_location = Opava | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50|5|46|N|17|42|58|E|display=it}} | progression = {{ROpava}} | subdivision_type1 = Countries | subdivision_name1 = {{hlist|Czech Republic|Poland}} | subdivision_type2 = Regions/<br/>Voivodeships | subdivision_name2 = {{hlist|Moravian-Silesian|<br/>Opole}} | length_km = 35.7 | source1_elevation = {{cvt|840|m}} | mouth_elevation = {{cvt|309|m}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|1.51|m3/s|abbr=on}} near estuary | basin_size_km2 = 212 }} The '''Opavice''' ({{langx|pl|Opawica}}) is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Opava River. It flows through the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is {{convert|35.7|km|abbr=on}} long. Part of the river forms the Czech-Polish state border.
==Etymology== The name Opavice is a diminutive of 'Opava'.
==Characteristic== thumb|The Opavice on the Czech-Polish border The Opavice originates in the territory of Heřmanovice in the Zlatohorská Highlands range at an elevation of {{cvt|840|m}} and flows to Krnov, where it enters the Opava River at an elevation of {{cvt|309|m}}. It is {{convert|35.7|km|abbr=on}} long, of which about {{cvt|5.4|km}} forms the state border between the Czech Republic and Poland.<ref name=chmi>{{cite web |title=Vodní toky|url=https://mapy.chmi.cz/ords/chmi_app/r/fewshlprf/stream-list?|work=Evidence hlásných profilů|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-01-08}}</ref> Its drainage basin has an area of about {{convert|212|km2|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|193.7|km2|abbr=on}} is in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite web |title=I.2.1a – Útvary povrchových vod kategorie "řeka"|url=https://www.pod.cz/plan-Horni-Odry-2022/kapitola-i/tabulky/i.2.1a_upov_reka.pdf|work=Charakteristiky dílčího povodí Horní Odry|publisher=Povodí Odry, s.p.|language=cs|access-date=2025-01-08}}</ref> The average discharge at 1.7 river km (before the confluence with the Radynka) is {{convert|1.29|m3/s|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Evidenční list hlásného profilu č.267|url=https://hydro.chmi.cz/hppsevlist/download?seq=307098|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-01-08}}</ref>
The longest tributaries of the Opavice are:<ref name=chmi/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Tributary !! Length (km) !! Side |- | Kobylí potok || 12.1 || right |- | Radynka / Mohla || 9.5 || left |- | Komorský potok || 6.3 || left |- | Solný potok || 6.1 || left |- | Valštejnský potok || 6.0 || left |}
==Course== The river flows through the municipal territories of Heřmanovice, Holčovice, Město Albrechtice and Krnov. The section on the Czech-Polish border is adjacent to Gmina Głubczyce.
==Nature== Among the protected species of animals that live in the river are the European crayfish and the fish common minnow, European bullhead and alpine bullhead. The lower course of the river is also a hunting ground for the common kingfisher.<ref>{{cite web |title=Opavice|url=https://www.pod.cz/atlas_toku/opavice.html|work=Atlas vodních toků povodí Odry|publisher=Povodí Odry, s.p.|language=cs|access-date=2025-01-08}}</ref>
==See also== *List of rivers of the Czech Republic
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==External links== {{commons category|Opavice (river)|Opavice}} *[https://hydro.chmi.cz/hppsoldv/hpps_prfdyn.php?seq=307188 River flow at Krnov station] – Flood Warning and Forecasting Service of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
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Category:Rivers of the Moravian-Silesian Region Category:Rivers of the Czech Republic Category:Rivers of Opole Voivodeship Category:Czech Republic–Poland border Category:International rivers of Europe Category:Border rivers