Cirocha

Cirocha
Cirocha in Stakčín
Location
Country	Slovakia
Physical characteristics
Source	Bukovec Mountains
Mouth
• location	Laborec near Humenné
• coordinates	48°56′00″N 21°55′58″E / 48.9334°N 21.9329°E / 48.9334; 21.9329
Length	50.1 km (31.1 mi)
Basin size	499.8 km2 (193.0 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Snina
• average	2.85 m3/s (101 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Laborec→ Latorica→ Bodrog→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea

Cirocha (Hungarian: Ciróka; Ukrainian: Ціроха) is a right tributary of the river Laborec in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. It is 50.1 km (31.1 mi) long and its drainage basin size is 499.8 km² (193.0 sq mi).^[1] Its average flow is 2.85 m³/s in Snina.

Course

The headwaters of the Cirocha are in the Bukovské vrchy mountains under the Ruské sedlo saddle at the Slovak-Polish border. It flows south and west after first few kilometres into the Starina reservoir, flowing further to the municipalities of Snina and Stakčín. From Stakčín it flows to the west, to its confluence with the Laborec river near Humenné.

See also

• List of rivers of Slovakia

References

External links

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