Páteční vodopád, Mountain waterfall in Krkonoše region, Czech Republic.
Páteční vodopád is a waterfall on the Páteční potok stream at the Francouzská brána site on the eastern slopes of Červená hora in the Hrubý Jeseník mountains, near Adolfovice in Bělá pod Pradědem. About 1 km from the stream's source, it has three steps roughly 2, 2 and 3 m high at a slope of about 60°, followed by an 8 m slide at about 40°.
Páteční vodopád lies on the Páteční potok in Hrubý Jeseník, on the eastern slopes of Červená hora at a spot called Francouzská brána, within the territory of Adolfovice, part of Bělá pod Pradědem. Its waters drain via Černý potok and the Bělá into the Kladská Nisa, in the Oder basin. Above the falls lies the Sněžná kotlina nature reserve.
The name comes from the Czech word for Friday, pátek, and the falls sit at a spot called Francouzská brána (French Gate) on the Páteční potok, the Friday Brook. The stream feeds the Černý potok and the Bělá, in the Odra basin. Above the falls lies the Sněžná kotlina nature reserve.
The easiest approach to the point above the falls is from a forest path branching off a sharp bend of road I/44 between Filipovice and Červenohorské sedlo. Reaching the falls themselves means descending the slope of the Páteční potok gorge, which is harder. The falls lie about 1 km from the stream's source.
The waterfall sits at a spot called Francouzská brána on the Páteční potok, about 1 km from the stream's source. Above it lies the Sněžná kotlina nature reserve, and its water drains via the Černý potok and Bělá into the Odra basin.
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