The Zala is a

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in south-western

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. Its source is in the hills northwest of Szalafő near the borders with

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and

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. Its length is and drains water from . Several smaller rivers feed into it, including the Felső-Válicka, Szentmihályfalvai patak (brook), Szévíz csatorna (channel), Foglár csatorna on the right bank, and Szentjakabi patak,

Sárvíz (Zala) The Sárvíz is a stream in Vas and Zala counties, Hungary. It springs at Hegyhátszentpéter, then flows through Gősfa, Egervár Egervár is a village on the Sárvíz (Zala) stream in Zala County, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarors ...

patak, Széplaki patak, Csörgető patak and

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on the left bank. It flows through the city of

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; hr, Jegersek; sl, Jageršek; german: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and ...

before flowing into

Lake Balaton Lake Balaton () is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and th ...

near

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. The River Zala flows through the Hungarian counties of Vas and Zala.

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Rivers of Hungary Geography of Vas County Geography of Zala County {{Hungary-river-stub

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