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The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south through the towns of Svidník, Stropkov and Trhovište, and through the Ondavská Highlands. It is long and its basin size is .

Key facts

River.name
Ondava river
River.image
Ondava 19.08.08 p.jpg
River.image_caption
Ondava
River.mapframe
yes
River.source1_location
Low Beskids
River.mouth_location
Joins the Latorica to form the Bodrog
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Country
River.subdivision_name1
Slovakia
River.length_km
142
River.basin_size_km2
3,355
River.custom_label
Tributaries
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444

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The Ondava is a river in eastern Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland. The Ondava flows south through the towns of Svidník, Stropkov and Trhovište, and through the Ondavská Highlands. It is long and its basin size is .

Near the village Cejkov, the Ondava joins the Latorica and forms the Bodrog river, itself a tributary of the Tisza. The Ondava river is 44% regulated.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ondava” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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