File:Nitra_prievidza_1.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Location
- Malá Fatra
- Mouth
- Váh
- Length
- 166 km (103 mi)
- Basin size
- 4,501 km (1,738 sq mi)
- Progression
- Váh → Danube → Black Sea
- Left
- Žitava , Handlovka
- Right
- Bebrava
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Official name
- Nitra
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Trenčín Region
- Continent
- Europe
- Image
- Martovce6.JPG
- Length
- 197
Show 6 more facts
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Nitra in Nitra The Nitra (Slovak: Nitra, pronunciation; German: Neutra, Hungarian: Nyitra) is a river in western Slovakia. It flows into the Váh river in Komoča. Its source is in the Malá Fatra (Lesser Fatra) mountains north of Prievidza. The river Nitra passes through the towns of Bojnice, Topoľčany, Nitra and Nové Zámky. It is 166 km (103 mi) long and its basin size is 4,501 km (1,738 sq mi). The old branch of the Nitra, Stará Nitra, branches off near Nové Zámky and flows into the Váh close to its confluence with the Danube in Komárno.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nitra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.