Torysa
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Torysa Tarca |
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 Torysa near Prešov |
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| Data | ||
| location | Slovakia | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Hornád → Sajó → Tisza → Danube → Black Sea | |
| source |
Leutschauer Berge 49 ° 6 ′ 32 ″ N , 20 ° 38 ′ 40 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 1000 m nm | |
| muzzle |
Hornád bei Nižná Hutka Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 28 " N , 21 ° 21 ′ 30" E 48 ° 38 ′ 28 " N , 21 ° 21 ′ 30" E |
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| Mouth height | 170 m nm | |
| Height difference | approx. 830 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 6.4 ‰ | |
| length | 129 km | |
| Catchment area | 1349 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
8.2 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Sekčov , Delňa | |
| Right tributaries | Slavkovský potok | |
| Medium-sized cities | Sabinov , Veľký Šariš , Prešov | |
| Communities | Torysa | |
 Torysa near Prešov |
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 Torysa near Prešov |
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The Torysa (German Törz , Hungarian Tarca ) is a 129 kilometer long river in eastern Slovakia .
It is the longest tributary of the Hornád , which drains over the Tisza to the Danube .
The river rises five kilometers northwest of Torysky at the foot of the 1224 m Javorina (German knee muscles ), an elevation in the Leutschauer Mountains ( Levočské vrchy ).
The partially winding upper course initially flows eastwards. From Lipany the valley widens and turns to the southeast. On the way from Lipany to Sabinov, the Torysa takes in many small mountain streams from the Čergov mountain range to the north and the Bachureň mountain range to the south . The stretch of the river from Sabinov via Veľký Šariš to Prešov is characterized by gentler slopes, the valley is used intensively for agriculture and the forest is receding.
In Prešov, the third largest Slovak city, the Torysa takes up the Sekčov river coming from the north and flows from now on to the confluence in the south. Near the Obišovce municipality , the Hornád and Torysa rivers approach at 2500 meters, but move away again and flow parallel to each other for 25 kilometers before the Torysa flows into the Hornád south of the Nižná Hutka municipality . The last 40 kilometers of the now meandering course of the Torysa are already in a flat area that opens to the Košická kotlina basin . The catchment area of the Torysa is 1349 km².
