Sajó
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Sajó Slaná |
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 The Sajó at Sajónémeti |
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| location | Slovakia , Hungary | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Tisza → Danube → Black Sea | |
| source | on the Stolica ( Slovak Ore Mountains ) 48 ° 47 ′ 17 ″ N , 20 ° 12 ′ 28 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1200 m | |
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Tisza coordinates: 47 ° 56 '36 " N , 21 ° 6' 52" E 47 ° 56 '36 " N , 21 ° 6' 52" E
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| length | 229 km | |
| Catchment area | 11,900 km² (according to other sources 12,700 km²) | |
| Drain |
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70 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Bódva , Hernád | |
| Right tributaries | Muráň, Turiec , Rimava , Hangony | |
| Big cities | Miskolc | |
| Medium-sized cities | Rožňava , Kazincbarcika | |
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 The course and catchment area of the Sajó / Slaná in Slovakia and Hungary |
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The Sajó ( Hungarian ) or Slaná ( Slovak ; German rarely die Salz , Salza or Salzbach ) is an approximately 230 km long river in central Slovakia and northeastern Hungary . It flows in a south-easterly direction to the Tisza - which drains most of Hungary and Romania - and ranks about fifth among the Slovak rivers (less than those of Hungary).
The river rises in the Stolické vrchy (part of the Slovak Ore Mountains ) near the town of Dobšiná and flows in Slovakia in a southerly direction through the towns of Rožňava and Tornaľa to the Hungarian border. The Slaná receives its largest Slovakian tributary, the Rimava , near the border town of Lenartovce .
At Putnok the now more leisurely river leaves Slovakia and enters the area of the Northern Hungarian Central Uplands . In Hungary the river is called Sajó . It flows through the cities of Kazincbarcika and Sajószentpéter ( St. Peter am Sajo ), whose low altitude of about 130 meters is reminiscent of the nearby Great Hungarian Plain . After a varied passage through the 960 m high Bükk Mountains, the regional capital and university town of Miskolc finally comes into view. A mining faculty with a rich tradition is based here.
A few kilometers further on, the river joins the Hernád ( Hornád in Slovak ), which is roughly the same size, and now meanders in several loops towards the dominant river of the Tisza ( Tisza in Hungarian ). Sajó and Hernád contribute about a tenth to their catchment area of 160,000 km² (almost 2 × Hungarians).
See also
Web links
- Sajó . In: A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (Hungarian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Article Sajó in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
