Meandry Botiče, Natural monument in Hostivař and Záběhlice, Czech Republic.
Meandry Botiče is a protected natural area situated along the Botič stream in the southeast sections of Prague. The site features curved waterway bends, riverside plant life, and animals that thrive in this riparian environment.
The area gained official protection status in 1968 when Prague authorities acted to preserve natural sections of the city's waterways. This designation helped safeguard the stream's natural curves and surrounding plant communities from development.
Local farmers supplied Prague with cabbage and strawberries from fields near the Botič stream for over seven thousand years.
The site is accessible by public transport or through parking areas in Hostivař and Záběhlice neighborhoods. Multiple walking paths run through the protected land, making it easy to explore on foot at your own pace.
The stream's bed took shape in the late Pleistocene, roughly 100,000 to 500,000 years ago, and was deepened again about 10,000 years ago in the Holocene. Archaeologists have found traces of farming from 7,000 years ago, and remains left by Celts, Germanic peoples and Slavs.
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