Dudváh

Dudváh
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Little Carpathians
Mouth
• location	Váh
• coordinates	48.3598°N 17.7547°E
Length	41.7 km (25.9 mi)
Basin size	499 km2 (193 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Váh→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Dudváh (also: Horný Dudváh, Hungarian: Dudvág) is a lowland river in western Slovakia. Its source is located in the Čachtice Little Carpathians, and it mostly runs in parallel to the Váh river. It flows into the Váh near the village of Siladice. Its average discharge flow is 1.3 m³/s near Siladice. It is 41.7 km (25.9 mi) long and its basin size is 499 km² (193 sq mi).[1]^:72 Its former lower course, the Dolný Dudváh ("lower Dudváh"), branches off close to Siladice and flows towards the south. Near the town Čierna Voda, the Dolný Dudváh flows into the river Čierna voda, which in turn flows into the Little Danube.[1]^:103[2] The Dolný Dudváh is 34.2 km (21.3 mi) long and its basin size is 751 km² (290 sq mi).[1]^:72

References

Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Váhu
Pišút, Peter; Břízová, Eva; Čejka, Tomáš; Pipík, Radovan (2010-12-01). "Paleofloristic and paleofaunistic analysis of Dudváh River oxbow and implication for Late Holocene paleoenvironmental development of the Žitný ostrov Island (SW Slovakia)". Geologica Carpathica. 61 (6): 513–533. doi:10.2478/v10096-010-0032-1. ISSN 1336-8052.

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[vuvh-1] Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Váhu

[2] Pišút, Peter; Břízová, Eva; Čejka, Tomáš; Pipík, Radovan (2010-12-01). "Paleofloristic and paleofaunistic analysis of Dudváh River oxbow and implication for Late Holocene paleoenvironmental development of the Žitný ostrov Island (SW Slovakia)". Geologica Carpathica. 61 (6): 513–533. doi:10.2478/v10096-010-0032-1. ISSN 1336-8052.