Hron
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| Hron | |
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| Hungarian: Garam, German: Gran, Latin: Granus | |
 The Hron near Starý Tekov.
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| Country | Slovakia |
| Length | 298 km (185 mi) |
| Watershed | 5,453 km² (2,105 mi²) |
| Discharge | mouth |
| - average | 53.7 m³/s (1,896 ft³/s) |
| - maximum | 1,050 m³/s (37,080 ft³/s) 1050 |
| - minimum | 7.6 m³/s (268 ft³/s) 7.6 |
| Source | Hron |
| - location | Kráľova hoľa, Low Tatras near Telgárt |
| - elevation | 980 m (3,215 ft) |
| Mouth | Danube River |
| - location | Kamenica nad Hronom |
| - elevation | 112 m (367 ft) |
Hron (German: Gran; Hungarian: Garam) is a 298 km long left tributary of the Danube and the second longest river in Slovakia. It flows from its source located in the Low Tatra mountains (under Kráľova hoľa) through central and southern Slovakia, pouring into the Danube near Štúrovo and Esztergom. Major cities and towns situated on the Hron are Brezno, Banská Bystrica, Sliač, Zvolen, Žiar nad Hronom, Žarnovica, Nová Baňa, Tlmače, Levice, Želiezovce, and Štúrovo.
The name of the river was mentioned for the first time in 170, when Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote his Meditations at the Hron (Latin: Granus) river.
