The southern branch is the secondary flow, artificially created for irrigation and for supplying fishponds.

It is a historically important example of landscape modifications in the Middle Ages, which is protected as a cultural monument.

The river flows through the municipal territories of Sedloňov, Sněžné, Dobřany, Bystré, Kounov, Bačetín, Dobré, Bílý Újezd, Podbřezí, Dobruška, Bohuslavice, Pohoří, České Meziříčí, Mokré, Očelice, Ledce and Třebechovice pod Orebem.

The Zlatý potok branch flows through Dobruška, Semechnice, Opočno, Pohoří and České Meziříčí.

The largest of them is the fishpond Broumar with an area of 54.5 ha (135 acres), supplied by the Zlatý potok branch.

[7] In Bohuslavice, the Dědina flows through the Zbytka Nature Reserve with an area of 82.8 ha (205 acres).