Latorica is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in the watershed

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

 of the Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

. Its source is in the Ukrainian Carpathians (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Nizhny Vorota. It flows from Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 (156.6 km) to Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 (31.4 km), 188 km in total and west through the towns Svaliava

Svaliava

Svaliava is a city located on the Latorytsia River in the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Svaliava Raion .-Demographics:In 2001, the population included: *Ukrainians...

, Mukachevo, Solomonovo

Solomonovo

Solomonovo is a village in the Uzhhorodskyi Raion of the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine.It had a population of 1,342, according to the 2001 census. The village is well-known for its Škoda owned Eurocar subsidiary ....

, Chop

Chop

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 and Velke Kapusany

Velké Kapušany

Veľké Kapušany is a small town on the eastern plains of Slovakia, not far from the Ukrainian border.-History :The territory of the town has been settled since time immemorial . From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary...

. The watershed is 3,130 km². Its confluence with the Ondava

Ondava

The Ondava is a 146.5 km long river in Slovakia, the northern source river of the Bodrog. Its source is in the Low Beskids , near the village Nižná Polianka, close to the border with Poland...

, in Zemplín

Zemplín (village)

Zemplín is a village in Trebišov District in the Košice Region, near the junction point of rivers Ondava and Latorica in eastern Slovakia. The village has a population of 399...

, gives rise to the Bodrog

Bodrog

The Bodrog is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary. It is a tributary to the river Tisza. The Bodrog is formed by the confluence of the rivers Ondava and Latorica near Zemplin in eastern Slovakia...

 river, itself a tributary of the Tisza

Tisza

The Tisza or Tisa is one of the main rivers of Central Europe. It rises in Ukraine, and is formed near Rakhiv by the junction of headwaters White Tisa, whose source is in the Chornohora mountains and Black Tisa, which springs in the Gorgany range...

.

A part of its watershed (Latorica Protected Landscape Area

Latorica Protected Landscape Area

Latorica Protected Landscape Area is the second lowland protected landscape area in Slovakia. It is located in the south-eastern Slovakia, in the Trebišov and Michalovce districts.-Geography, geology and ecology:...

, "Ramsar site No. 606", 44.05 km²) was added to the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance since 1993.

External links

• Ramsar database entry