| Svratka | |
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Confluence of Svratka (left) and Svitava rivers |
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| Origin | Bohemian-Moravian Highlands |
| Mouth | Dyje River |
| Basin countries | Czech Republic |
| Length | 168.5 km |
| Avg. discharge | 27 ³/s near estuary |
| Basin area | 7115.60 km² |
The Svratka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈsvratka]), formerly Švarcava (German: Schwarzach) is a river in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic with a length of 173.9 km. It develops out of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, converges with the Svitava at Brno, and flows into the Dyje (Thaya) a few kilometres from Mikulov. The river is known in the local Moravian dialect as the Švarcava (from the German name of the river Schwarzach).