Morava
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German March. a river in central Europe, flowing S from NE Czech Republic, along part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Slovakia and Austria, into the Danube W of Bratislava. 240 miles (385 km) long.
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a river in E Serbia, flowing N to the Danube. 134 miles (216 km) long.
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Czech name of Moravia.
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German name: March. a river in central Europe, rising in the Sudeten Mountains, in the Czech Republic, and flowing south through Slovakia to the Danube: forms part of the border between the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria. Length: 370 km (230 miles)
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a river in E Serbia, formed by the confluence of the Southern Morava and the Western Morava near Stalac: flows north to the Danube. Length: 209 km (130 miles)
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the Czech name for Moravia
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Filip Svrcek cast his eye along the snow-covered banks of the River Morava, watching the grey-green mass flowing towards a weir and hydroelectric power station from the 1930s.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2022
Gales on the roads in Slovenia were strong enough to knock her off her bike and, when the snow began to melt, the raging Morava River separated her from Roz.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2022
The town stands at an elevation of 2,500 ft. on the western scarp of the Morava heights.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cossack horsemen slashed into the eastern approaches after crossing the Morava River.
From Time Magazine Archive
Between Belgrade and the Rumanian frontier lay the Third Serbian Army, of three divisions, with General Jourishitch at its head, protecting the mouth of the Morava Valley.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan
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