Tyrka

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Tyrka
Origin	Moravian-Silesian Beskids
Mouth	Olza River
Basin countries	Czech Republic
Length	13 km
Source elevation	835 m
Avg. discharge	0.65 m³/s near estuary
Basin area	31 km²

This article is about river in Czech Republic. For russian syberian village, see Tyrka (village).

Tyrka (help·info) (Polish: Tyrka (info)) (also known as Tyra) is a 13 km long creek in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

It is the left tributary of the Olza River, to which it enters in Třinec. It originates in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids in the elevation of 835 m and flows generally northward through the villages of Tyra and Oldřichovice. Tyrka also flows through the territory of the Třinec Iron and Steel Works before joining Olza.

References

Cicha, Irena; Kazimierz Jaworski, Bronisław Ondraszek, Barbara Stalmach and Jan Stalmach (2000). Olza od pramene po ujście. Český Těšín: Region Silesia. pp. p. 16, 18. ISBN 80-238-6081-X. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

Coordinates: 49°40′59″N 18°39′23″E / 49.68306°N 18.65639°E / 49.68306; 18.65639

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