Belá (river) explained

Belá
Source1 Location:High Tatra
Mouth Coordinates:49.0349°N 19.7101°W
Length:23km (14miles)
Basin Size:244km2

The Belá (Hungarian: Béla-patak), in length, is a mountainous stream draining the headwaters of the Váh River basin in Tatra National Park, northern Slovakia.[1] It is a right tributary, into which it flows at the town of Liptovský Hrádok. The Belá itself is formed by two tributaries, the streams Tichý potok and Kôprovský potok, whose sources are in the High Tatra mountains, and which have their confluence near Podbanské, part of the town of Vysoké Tatry. It is 23km (14miles) long and its basin size is 244km2.[2]

The Belá is well suited to rafting and kayaking.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Pekárová . Pavla. Miklánek. Pavol . 2011 . Long-term trend and multi-annual variability of water temperature in the pristine Bela River basin (Slovakia) . . 400 . 3–4. 333–340. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.048 . vanc . 2011JHyd..400..333P.
  2. http://www.vuvh.sk/RSV2/download/PMPR/Vah/Plan.pdf Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Váhu
  3. http://rivers.raft.cz/slovensko/bela.aspx?ID_reky=55 rivers.raft.cz