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Brno-City District ( Czech : okres Brno-město ) is a district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic . The district is coterminous with the city of Brno .

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10-402: Brno-City District has a hilly and forested character in the northwestern part and flat and deforested in the southeastern part. On the border of these landscapes there is a large built-up area of the city. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Bobrava Highlands (west and centre), Dyje–Svratka Valley (south and east), and Drahany Highlands (north). The highest point of

20-601: A few small sections are still covered by natural vegetation. The southern part of the valley contains numerous vineyards that are part of the wine making sub-regions of Mikulovská and Znojemská . D2 motorway (Czech Republic) D2 motorway ( Czech : Dálnice D2 ) is a highway in the Czech Republic . It runs from the City of Brno to the border with Slovakia at the Morava river near Lanžhot , from where

30-757: Is a valley and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic . It is located in the South Moravian Region . Its name is derived from the rivers Thaya (Dyje) and Svratka . The Dyje–Svratka Valley is a mesoregion of Outer Subcarpathia within the Western Carpathians . It is mainly a lowland area. Beyond the Czech-Austrian state border, it smoothly transforms into the Weinviertel area. The northern part of

40-534: The Dyje–Svratka Valley is undulating and includes several isolated hills. The valley is further subdivided into the microregions of the Jaroslavice Uplands, Dnholec Uplands, Dyje–Svratka Floodplain, Dunajovice Hills, Rajhrad Uplands and Prace Upland. The area is poor in peaks. The highest and most distinctive peak is Výhon at 355 metres (1,165 ft) above sea level. A significant feature in

50-732: The Slovak diaľnica D2 leads to Bratislava . The entire route is part of European route E65 . Construction on the D2 highway began in 1974; the first 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) opened in 1978. The last part of the motorway opened in 1980, when it was 141 km (88 mi) long. After the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia , 61 km (38 mi) remain in Czech Republic, 80 km (50 mi) in Slovakia. [REDACTED] Geographic data related to D2 motorway (Czech Republic) at OpenStreetMap This Czech road or road transport-related article

60-712: The district is a contour line in Brno-Útěchov with an elevation of 497 m (1,631 ft), the northernmost point of the district. The lowest point is the river bed of the Svratka in Brno-Chrlice at 188 m (617 ft), the southernmost point of the district. From the total district area of 230.2 km (88.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 75.4 km (29.1 sq mi), forests occupy 64.0 km (24.7 sq mi), and water area occupies 4.5 km (1.7 sq mi). Forests cover 27.8% of

70-573: The district's area. The Svratka River flows across the territory from west to south. The only notable body of water is the Brno Reservoir , built on the Svratka in the western part of the territory. Small part of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area extends into the district in the northeast. Dyje%E2%80%93Svratka Valley The Dyje–Svratka Valley ( Czech : Dyjsko-svratecký úval )

80-547: The relief is the isolated hill of Pracký kopec at 325 m (1,066 ft), also historically known as the centre of the Battle of Austerlitz . The territory is elongated from the southwest to the northeast. It has an area of 1,452 square kilometres (561 sq mi) and an average elevation of 210 metres (690 ft). The floodplains of several rivers is in the Dyje–Svratka Valley, including Svratka , Jihlava , Svitava , Thaya , Jevišovka and Litava. Drainage runs into

90-561: The river Morava , from there into the Danube basin and finally into the Black Sea . The Nové Mlýny reservoirs , built on the confluence of the Thaya and Svratka, include the lowest point of the Dyje–Svratka Valley at 170 m (560 ft) above sea level. The area is rich in settlements. The southeastern half of the city of Brno is located within the Dyje–Svratka Valley. Other towns in

100-631: The territory are Šlapanice , Slavkov u Brna , Pohořelice , Rajhrad , Židlochovice , Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou and Újezd u Brna . Highways that traverse the Dyje–Svratka Valley include D1 from Brno to Ostrava , D2 from Brno to Břeclav and Bratislava , and D52 from Brno to Vienna . Forests cover only 11.7% of the area. The territory is mostly by riparian forest ( oaks , populus and willows ), with higher areas forested by black locust . The lowlands are intensively farmed, with significant numbers of orchards ( peaches , walnuts , apricots and almonds ), vineyards and small woods. Only

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