Odra River;Quaternary history;Meander belt;Ponds;Cultural landscape

The Odra River is one of the important rivers of Central Europe. Within the Czech Republic it flows through the territory of the Moravian Gate that was glaciated by the continental ice sheet several times in the past (Elsterian and Saalian glaciations). The territory of the Moravian Gate makes a part of Subcarpathia and is characterised by graben-like morphostructure with Devonian and Carboniferous, Tertiary and Quaternary sediments.The relief was largely formed during the Quaternary when the terraced system of the Odra River originated. Flood river branches and ancient river branches were subsequently used by people to build water supply canals for fish pond systems.