Váh
| Váh | |
| River | |
 The Váh near Piešťany. | |
| Country | Slovakia |
|---|---|
| Primary source | Čierny Váh |
| - location | Kráľova hoľa, Low Tatras |
| Secondary source | Biely Váh |
| - location | Važecká dolina, High Tatras |
| Mouth | Danube River |
| - location | Komárno |
| - elevation | 106.5 m (349 ft) |
| Length | 406 km (252 mi) |
| Basin | 15,075 km2 (5,820 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 152 m3/s (5,368 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 1,825 m3/s (64,449 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 22.3 m3/s (788 cu ft/s) |
| Wikimedia Commons: Váh | |
The Váh (German: Waag;[1] Hungarian: Vág;[2][3] Polish: Wag[4]) is the longest river in Slovakia. Towns on the river include Liptovský Hrádok, Liptovský Mikuláš, Ružomberok, Vrútky, Žilina, Bytča, Považská Bystrica, Púchov, Ilava, Dubnica nad Váhom, Nemšová, Trenčín, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Piešťany, Hlohovec, Sereď, Šaľa, Kolárovo and Komárno.
Geography
A left tributary of the Danube river, the Váh is 406 km long, including its Čierny Váh branch. Its two sources, the Biely Váh (White Váh) and the Čierny Váh (Black Váh), are located in the High Tatras and Low Tatra mountains, respectively, and it flows over northern and western Slovakia and finally feeds into the Danube near Komárno. The left tributaries are Demänovka, Revúca, Ľubochnianka, Turiec, Rajčanka and Nitra rivers, and the right tributaries are Belá, Orava, Varínka, Kysuca, Biela voda, Vlára, Dubová, Dudváh and Malý Dunaj rivers. In late medieval time it was a property of Stibor of Stiboricz and his son Stibor of Beckov of the Clan of Ostoja.
It includes canals, artificial dams (Čierny Váh, Liptovská Mara, Bešeňová, Krpeľany, Žilina, Hričov, Nosice, Sĺňava, Madunice, Kráľová and Selice) and 16 hydropower stations, whose construction started in the 1930s and increased after World War II. The main Slovak limited-access motorway is situated along the Váh (Bratislava - Trenčín - Považská Bystrica - Žilina and Ružomberok - Poprad), as well as the main railway Bratislava - Žilina - Košice.
References
- ↑ The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge University Press. 1970. ISBN 0-521-26335-2
- ↑ Kocsis, Károly (2001). Towns in Slovakia with absolute Hungarian majority. p. 73. ISBN 1-931313-75-X. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ↑ Felbermann, Louis. Hungary and Its People. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ↑ Wag w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Geographical Dictionary of Polish Kingdom and other Slavic countries).
Sources
External links
Media related to Váh at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 47°55′N 18°01′E / 47.917°N 18.017°E