Cirocha ( hu, Ciróka; ukr, Ціроха) is a right tributary of the river
Laborec
The Laborec ( ukr, Лаборець; hu, Laborc) is a river in eastern Slovakia that flows through the districts of Medzilaborce, Humenné, and Michalovce in the Košice Region, and the Prešov Region. The river drains the Laborec Highlands. It ...
in the
Prešov Region
The Prešov Region, also Priashiv Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj, ; hu, Eperjesi kerület; uk, Пряшівський край) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 13 districts (okresy) and 666 municipalities, 23 o ...
of eastern
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 ...
. It is long and its
drainage basin
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size is .
Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Bodrogu
p. 51 Its average flow is 2.85 m³/s in Snina.
Course
The headwater
The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source.
Definition
The ...
s of the Cirocha are in the Bukovské vrchy mountains under the ''Ruské sedlo'' saddle at the Slovak-Polish
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border. It flows south and west after first few kilometres into the Starina reservoir, flowing further to the municipalities of Snina
Snina ( hu, Szinna, rue, Снина) is a town in Slovakia located at the confluence of the Cirocha river and the small river Pčolinka in the valley between the Bukovec Mountains foothills and the Vihorlat Mountains. It is the closest town wit ...
and Stakčín. From Stakčín it flows to the west, to its confluence
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with the Laborec river near Humenné
Humenné (; hu, Homonna; ukr, Гуменне) is a town in the Prešov Region ("kraj") in eastern Slovakia and the second largest town of the historic Zemplín region. It lies at the volcanic Vihorlat mountains and at the confluence of the La ...
.
See also
* List of rivers of Slovakia
This is a list of the major rivers that flow through Slovakia and their lengths.
Alphabetic list (selection)
Ordered by rivers and their tributaries (selection)
''ordered against the direction of the river flow; H stands for Hungary''
* Danu ...
References
External links
Rivers of Slovakia
Geography of Prešov Region
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