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This paper presents results of morphotectonic research carried out in order to determine the neotectonic development of the drainage network in the NE spur of the Bohemian Massif (central Europe). The area studied comprises the north-eastern sector of the Rychlebské Mts, belonging to the Sudeten Mountains and the adjacent part of the Žulovská Hilly Land in the Sudetic Foreland (Czech Republic). Analysis of drainage network characteristics such as cross-sections, erosion rate, longitudinal river profiles, stream length-gradient index (SL) and investigation of alluvial fans/terraces was performed using detailed geomorphological mapping and field examination, and DEM data. Moreover, a reconstructed neotectonic evolution was compared with present-day fault movements obtained by fault monitoring using the TM71 deformeter. The deformeter was installed directly across faults in two karst caves in the study …