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This is a list of the major rivers that flow through Slovakia and their lengths.

Alphabetic list (selection)

River Size Notes
km mi
Bebrava 47.2 29.3
Belá 36.3 22.6
Biela Orava 37 23
Blava 47.5 29.5
Blh 52.5 32.6
Bodrog 123 76 out of which 15 km (9.3 mi) in Slovakia
Bodva 48.4 30.1
Bystrica several water flows bear this name
Chlmec 36.1 22.4
Chvojnica 31.5 19.6
Cirocha 50.6 31.4
Čierna voda (Malý Dunaj) 105.5 65.6
Čierna voda (Uh) 41 25
Danube/Dunaj 2,850 1,770 out of which 172 km (107 mi) in Slovakia
Dudváh 97 60
Dunajec 251 156
Duša 41.1 25.5
Gidra 40.5 25.2
Gortva 33 21
Handlovka 32 20
Hnilec 88.9 55.2
Hornád 193 120 out of which 19 km (12 mi) state border Slovakia-Hungary
Hron 298 185
Ida 56.6 35.2
Ipeľ 232.5 144.5 out of which 140 km (87 mi) state border Slovakia - Hungary
Krivánsky potok 35.4 22.0
Krtíš 36.5 22.7
Krupá
Krupinica 65.4 40.6
Kysuca 66.3 41.2
Laborec 135 84
Latorica 188 117
Little Danube/Malý Dunaj 128 80
Malina 47.2 29.3
Morava 328.9 204.4 out of which 114 km (71 mi) state borders Slovakia-Czech Republic and Slovakia-Austria
Murán 48.8 30.3
Myjava 79 49
Nitra 197 122
Nitrica 51.4 31.9
Okna 37.3 23.2
Olšava 49.9 31.0
Olka 39.2 24.4
Ondava 146.5 91.0
Ondavka 31 19
Orava 60.3 37.5
Paríž 41.5 25.8
Perec 53.5 33.2
Poprad 169 105 out of which 107 km (66 mi) in Slovakia and 311 km (193 mi) state border Slovakia - Poland
Radošinka 31.9 19.8
Rajčanka 47.5 29.5
Revúca 33.1 20.6
Rimava 88 55
Rimavica 32.5 20.2
Rudava 45 28
Sekcov 44.3 27.5
Sikenica 46.2 28.7
Slaná 229.4 142.5 out of which 110 km (68 mi) in Slovakia
Slatina 55.2 34.3
Štiavnica 55 34
Štítnik 32.8 20.4
Stolicný potok 38.9 24.2
Suchá 35.1 21.8
Svinka 50.8 31.6
Tisa 996 619 5.2 km (3.2 mi) state border Slovakia-Hungary
Tisovník 41 25
Topľa 129.8 80.7
Torysa 122.9 76.4
Trnávka (Dudváh) 43 27
Trnávka (Ondava) 37.1 23.1
Tuhársky potok 31.9 19.8
Turiec (Váh) 66.3 41.2
Turiec (Sajó/Slaná) 50.2 31.2
Turňa 32 20
Udava 38.3 23.8
Uzh/Uh 127 79 out of which 21.3 km (13.2 mi) in Slovakia
Váh 403 250
Žitava 99.3 61.7

Ordered by rivers and their tributaries (selection)

ordered against the direction of the river flow; H stands for Hungary

  • Danube/Dunaj
    • Tisa (mouth at Novi Sad, Serbia)
      • Slaná (at Tiszagyulaháza, H)
        • Hornád (at Ónod, H)
          • Torysa (at Nižná Hutka)
          • Hnilec (at Margecany)
        • Bodva (at Boldva, H)
          • Turňa (near Turňa nad Bodvou)
          • Ida (near Turňa nad Bodvou)
        • Rimava (at Vlkyňa)
        • Turiec (near Tornaľa)
        • Muráň (at Bretka)
      • Bodrog* (at Tokaj, H) [* the Bodrog arises through the confluence of the rivers Ondava and Latorica]
        • Roňava (at Sátoraljaújhely, H)
        • Ondava* (at Zemplín (village))
          • Topľa (at Tušice)
        • Latorica* (at Zemplín)
          • Laborec (at Zatín)
            • Uzh/Uh (at Drahňov)
            • Cirocha (at Humenné)
    • Ipeľ (at Szob, H)
      • Štiavnica (at Hrkovce)
      • Krupinica (at Šahy)
      • Krtíš (at Slovenské Ďarmoty)
      • Tisovník (at Muľa)
    • Hron (at Kamenica nad Hronom)
    • Váh (at Komárno)
      • Nitra (at Komárno)
        • Žitava (at Martovce)
        • Radosinka (at Lužianky)
        • Bebrava (at Práznovce)
      • Little Danube/Malý Dunaj (at Kolárovo)
        • Čierna Voda (at Veľký Ostrov near Komárno)
          • Dudváh (at Čierna Voda)
      • Dudváh (at Siladice)
      • Kysuca (at Žilina)
        • Bystrica (at Krásno nad Kysucou)
      • Rajčanka (at Žilina)
      • Turiec (at Martin)
      • Orava (at Kraľovany)
      • Revúca (at Ružomberok)
      • Belá (at Liptovský Hrádok)
      • Čierny Váh (at Kráľova Lehota)
      • Biely Váh (at Kráľova Lehota)
    • Morava (in Bratislava (city part Devín))
      • Myjava (at Kúty)
      • Chvojnica (near Holíč)
  • Dunajec
    • Poprad (at Nowy Sącz, Poland)
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