Orava (river)

Coordinates: 49°09′N 19°09′E / 49.15°N 19.15°E / 49.15; 19.15

Orava
Hungarian: Árva, German: Arwa, Polish: Orawa
River
Orava River at Dolný Kubín, showing houses of Záskalie neighbourhood
Country	Slovakia
Source	Orava reservoir, taking water from White Orava in Slovakia and from Black Orava in Poland
- elevation	601 m (1,972 ft)
- coordinates	49°23′N 19°33′E / 49.383°N 19.55°E / 49.383; 19.55
Mouth	Váh river
- location	Kraľovany
- elevation	430.7 m (1,413 ft)
- coordinates	49°09′N 19°09′E / 49.15°N 19.15°E / 49.15; 19.15
Length	60.9 km (38 mi)
Basin	1,991.8 km2 (769 sq mi)
Discharge	mouth
- average	34.5 m3/s (1,218 cu ft/s)
- max	1,120 m3/s (39,552 cu ft/s)
- min	2.3 m3/s (81 cu ft/s)

The Orava (Hungarian: Árva) is a 60.9 km long river in north-western Slovakia passing through a picturesque country, in the Orava county. Its source is nowadays the Orava water reservoir whose waters flooded the confluence of Biela (White) Orava and Čierna (Black) Orava in 1953. It flows into the river Váh near the village of Kraľovany.

External links

• Orava on Geonames