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Bodrog

The Bodrog is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary. It is a tributary of the river Tisza. The Bodrog is formed by the confluence of the rivers Ondava and Latorica near Zemplín in eastern Slovakia. It crosses the Slovak–Hungarian border at the village of Felsőberecki in Hungary, and Streda nad Bodrogom in Slovakia, where it is also the lowest point in Slovakia, and continues its flow through the Hungarian county Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, until it meets the river Tisza, in Tokaj. A town along its course is Sárospatak, in Hungary.

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Bodrog
River Tisza and Bodrog at Tokaj from above
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Location
CountriesSlovakia and Hungary
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of Ondava and Latorica rivers in Slovakia
Mouth 
 • location
Tokaj
Length67 km (42 mi)
Basin size
13,579 km2 (5,243 sq mi) or 14,310.6 km2 (5,525.4 mi2)2
Discharge 
 • locationTokaj, Hungary (near mouth)
 • average128 m3/s (4,500 cu ft/s) 115.107 m3/s (4,065.0 cu ft/s)1
Basin features
Progression

Tisza

DanubeBlack Sea

The Bodrog is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary. It is a tributary of the river Tisza. The Bodrog is formed by the confluence of the rivers Ondava and Latorica near Zemplín in eastern Slovakia. It crosses the Slovak–Hungarian border at the village of Felsőberecki (near Sátoraljaújhely) in Hungary, and Streda nad Bodrogom in Slovakia, where it is also the lowest point in Slovakia (94.3 m AMSL), and continues its flow through the Hungarian county Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, until it meets the river Tisza,3 in Tokaj. A town along its course is Sárospatak, in Hungary.

Its length is 67 km (42 mi) (15 in Slovakia, 52 in Hungary). Its watershed area is 13,579 km2 (5,243 sq mi) of which 972 km2 (375 sq mi) is in Hungary. The river is rich in fish.

References

References

  1. "Rivers Network". 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  2. "Rivers Network". 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-10-12. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  3. "Area along the Bodrog". bodrogtura.eu. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

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