Torysa (river)
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Torysa | |
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Location | |
Country | Slovakia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Levoča Mountains |
Mouth | |
• location | Hornád near Nižná Hutka |
• coordinates | 48°38′29″N 21°21′30″E / 48.6414°N 21.3582°E |
Length | 124 km (77 mi) |
Basin size | 1,349 km2 (521 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 8.2 m3/s (290 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Hornád→ Sajó→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Torysa (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈtɔrisa], Hungarian: Tarca) is a river in eastern Slovakia. Its source is in the Levoča Mountains and it flows through the towns of: Lipany, Sabinov, Veľký Šariš, Prešov, and into the Hornád river near Nižná Hutka, southeast of Košice. It is 124 km (77 mi) long and its basin size is 1,349 km2 (521 sq mi).[1]
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