The Laborec (; ) is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in eastern

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that flows through the districts of

Medzilaborce Medzilaborce (, ''Midzhilabirtsyi''; , ''Mizhlabirtsi''; ) is a List of towns in Slovakia, town in northeastern Slovakia close to the border with Poland, located near the towns of Sanok and Bukowsko (in southeastern Małopolska). Its population is ...

Humenné Humenné (; ; ) 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 Laborec and Cirocha Rivers. Na ...

, and

Michalovce Michalovce (; , , Romani language, Romani: ''Mihalya'', Yiddish language, Yiddish: מיכאלאָווצע ''Mikhaylovets'' or ''Mykhaylovyts''; ) is a town on the Laborec river in eastern Slovakia. Originally named after the Archangel St Michael ...

in the

Košice Region The Košice Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders were established in 1996. It consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 440 municipalities, 17 of which ...

, and the

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. The river drains the

Laborec Highlands Dukliansky priesmyk Vysny Komarnik

The Laborec High ...

. It is long and its basin size is .Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Bodrogu
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Tributaries

Tributaries of the Laborec river include the

Uzh The Uzh (; translit. ''Uzh''; ; , ) is a river in Ukraine and Slovakia. Etymologists disagree about the origin of the name of the river. The Uzh is a tributary of the Laborets River, a river that flows in the Tysa Lowland in Zakarpattia Oblas ...

which joins the Laborec near the city of

Drahňov Drahňov () is a village and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1315. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, ...

Michalovce District Michalovce District (''okres Michalovce'') is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the e ...

, and the

Cirocha Cirocha (; ) is a right tributary of the river Laborec in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. It is long and its drainage basin size is .Latorica Latorica (; , pronounced: ''Latoritsa''; , 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) ...

river.

Gallery

File:Strazske Laborec 04.jpg, Bridge over the Laborec at

Strážske Strážske (; (rare); ) is a small town and municipality in Michalovce District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is located in the northernmost part of Michalovce District. History In historical records the town was first mentioned ...

Image:Strazske Laborec 02.jpg Image:SK2.50.Michalovce-Stausee.JPG, The river near

, where the legendary Prince Laborec is said to have died.

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