The Bodva (, , german: Bodwa) is a 110-km long river in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

and

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. Its source is in the

Slovak Ore Mountains The Slovak Ore Mountains ( sk, Slovenské rudohorie , hu, Gömör–Szepesi-érchegység, german: Slowakisches Erzgebirge or Zips-Gemer-Erzgebirge) are an extensive mountain range within the Carpathian Mountains, located mostly in Slovakia's S ...

. The river crosses the border with

near

Turňa nad Bodvou Turňa nad Bodvou ( hu, Torna; german: Tornau) is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1198. The capital of the historic ...

, and it flows into the river

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Boldva Boldva is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. History The village got its name from the river Bódva. The vicinity had been a settled place since ancient times in the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Written documents ment ...

, north of Miskolc. Within Slovakia, its length is and its basin size is .Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Bodvy
p. 27 Two of its tributaries are the Turňa and the

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. The Bodva flows on the eastern edge of a karstic rock system, therefore it has an unsymmetrical drainage pattern. Up to

Medzev Medzev ( hu, Mecenzéf), also known as Metzenseifen (particularly to Americans and the native German-speaking community) is a town and large municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is one of several tow ...

, where the river reaches the karst region, and on its left side the Bodva river has a typical treelike river system.

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