LUZNICE RIVER

German Lainsitz, river in Niedersterreich Bundesland (federal state), Austria, and Jihocesk kraj (region), Czech Republic. The Luznice rises in the Freiwald forest of Austria as the Lainsitz River. It flows northward, soon crossing into the Czech Republic and passing through the Trebon lake region to Tbor, at which point it narrows into a gorge and turns 120 to flow southwestward into the Vltava (Moldau). The total length of the river is 129 miles (208 km); the area of its drainage basin is 1,631 square miles (4,224 square km).