Latorica Explained

Latorica, Латориця
Mouth Location:Bodrog
Mouth Coordinates:48.4547°N 21.8195°W
Tributaries Right:Laborec
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Ukraine, Slovakia
Length:188km (117miles)
Source1:Wooded Carpathians
Source1 Location:Ukraine
Source1 Coordinates:48.848°N 23.1298°W
Source1 Elevation:850m (2,790feet)
Discharge1 Avg:37m3/s in Chop
Basin Size:7740km2

Latorica (Hungarian: Latorca; Slovak: Latorica, pronounced: Latoritsa; Ukrainian: Латориця, translit.: Latorytsia) is a river in the watershed of the Danube. Its source is in the Ukrainian Carpathians (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village . It flows from Ukraine (156.6 km) to Slovakia (31.4 km), 188 km in total and west through the towns of Svaliava, Mukachevo, Solomonovo, Chop and Veľké Kapušany. Its basin size is 7740km2.[1] Its confluence with the Ondava, in Zemplín, gives rise to the Bodrog river, itself a tributary of the Tisza.

A part of its watershed (Latorica Protected Landscape Area, "Ramsar site No. 606", 44.05 km2) has been added to the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance since 1993.

Etymology

It is interpreted differently: according to one hypothesis, it is a pre-Slavic noun, according to others it is related to Slavic, based on lat- "studeny" (meaning "cold river").[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.vuvh.sk/RSV2/download/PMPR/Bodrog/Plan.pdf Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Bodrogu
  2. Ivan, LUTTERER,Milan MAJTÁN a Rudolf ŠRÁMEK. Zeměpisná jména Československa: Slovník vybraných zeměpisných jmen s výkladem jejich původu a historického vývoje. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1982, page.163