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(Redirected from Latorica River) River in Ukraine, Slovakia
Latorica, Латориця
Latorica river in Mukachevo
Location
CountryUkraine, Slovakia
Physical characteristics
SourceWooded Carpathians
 • locationUkraine
 • coordinates48°50′53″N 23°07′47″E / 48.848°N 23.1298°E / 48.848; 23.1298
 • elevation850 m (2,790 ft)
Mouth 
 • locationBodrog
 • coordinates48°27′17″N 21°49′10″E / 48.4547°N 21.8195°E / 48.4547; 21.8195
Length188 km (117 mi)
Basin size7,740 km (2,990 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average37 m/s (1,300 cu ft/s) in Chop
Basin features
ProgressionBodrog→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries 
 • rightLaborec
Ramsar Wetland
Designated26 May 1993
Reference no.606

Latorica (Hungarian: Latorca; Slovak: Latorica, pronounced: Latoritsa; Ukrainian: Латориця, translit.: Latorytsia) is a river in the watershed of the Danube. Its source is in the Ukrainian Carpathians (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Latirka [Wikidata]. It flows from Ukraine (156.6 km) to Slovakia (31.4 km), 188 km in total and west through the towns of Svaliava, Mukachevo, Solomonovo, Chop and Veľké Kapušany. Its basin size is 7,740 km (2,990 sq mi). Its confluence with the Ondava, in Zemplín, gives rise to the Bodrog river, itself a tributary of the Tisza.

A part of its watershed (Latorica Protected Landscape Area, "Ramsar site No. 606", 44.05 km) has been added to the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance since 1993.

Etymology

It is interpreted differently: according to one hypothesis, it is a pre-Slavic noun, according to others it is related to Slavic, based on lat- "studeny" (meaning "cold river").

References

  1. "Latorica". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Bodrogu, p. 51
  3. Ivan, LUTTERER, Milan MAJTÁN a Rudolf ŠRÁMEK. Zeměpisná jména Československa: Slovník vybraných zeměpisných jmen s výkladem jejich původu a historického vývoje. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1982, page.163

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