River
Hron
298 km from source to mouth · Slovakia.
SlovakiaFlows into Danube2nd longest in Slovakia
In numbers
Length
298km
Average flow
54m³/s
Basin
5,455km²
Drop
606m
from 708 m to 102 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
298 km of river and 37 stops on the way: 29 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 708 m
- 1 kmVaľkovňa393 people
- 7 kmPohorelá2,020 people
- 24 kmPolomka2,870 people
- 35 kmBeňuš1,153 people
- 48 kmBrezno19,577 people
- 57 kmValaská3,583 people
- 60 kmČierny Hrontributary
- 62 kmPodbrezová3,795 people
- 65 kmVajskovský potoktributary
- 77 kmBrusno2,105 people
- 81 kmMedzibrod1,369 people
- 92 kmSlovenská Ľupča3,260 people
- 106 kmBanská Bystrica73,054 people
- 116 kmBadín2,163 people
- 116 kmVlkanová1,243 people
- 121 kmVeľká Lúka882 people
- 122 kmSliač4,806 people
- 122 kmSielnica1,408 people
- 129 kmZvolen38,747 people
- 130 kmSielnický potoktributary
- 136 kmSlatinatributary
- 143 kmHronská Breznica249 people
- 149 kmTrnavá Hora1,247 people
- 149 kmIhráčsky potoktributary
- 159 kmŽiar nad Hronom16,433 people
- 168 kmHliník nad Hronom2,595 people
- 170 kmTeplátributary
- 181 kmŽarnovica5,509 people
- 194 kmNová Baňa6,799 people
- 212 kmKozárovce2,063 people
- 217 kmMalé Kozmálovce369 people
- 218 kmTlmače3,446 people
- 248 kmŠarovce1,619 people
- 257 kmŽeliezovce6,519 people
- 283 kmPerectributary
- 295 kmEsztergom28,785 people
- 295 kmParíž Rivertributary
- 298 kmDanubeat 102 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Slovakia
At the mouth it carries 54 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 47 seconds. It drops from 708 m to 102 m, 2.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 5,455 km², about the size of BN. 476,000 people live in it. Highest water: from March to May; lowest: from January to February. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Banská BystricaLargest city on its banks · 73,054 people
- Sliač Airport (SLD)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 11 km from the cityCar hire at TAT airport (Poprad)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water13 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe6 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Hron, month by month
Highest water: from March to May
Lowest water: from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 9.9 m³/s in the lowest month to 110 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Hron: the basin in numbers
5,440 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 476,000people live in the basin
- 87/km²people per km²
- 556maverage altitude of the basin
- 778mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 7.3°Caverage air temperature
- 34%protected areas
- 0.1%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 58% Forest
- 24% Cropland
- 19% Pasture
- 4% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Hron: what you find on the way
- 84WeirsHať Šalková and 83 more
- 1LocksHornoperecký kanál
- 4WaterfallsKremničiansky vodopád, Termálny vodopád and 2 more
- 5Rapids
- 1Canoe put-ins
- 6Boat ramps
- 1Ferry piersErzsébet park
- 5MarinasBrusno, Kráľovná, Ľubietová and 2 more
- 1River beachesLučatínska pláž
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.6 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Hron in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
24mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Mountains at the source (24)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Kráľova hoľa6.1 km away1,946m
- Stredná hoľa8.6 km away1,876m
- Orlová10 km away1,840m
- Bartková11 km away1,790m
- Kráľova skala4.5 km away1,690m
- Stolica9.4 km away1,476m
- Andrejcová14 km away1,519m
- Úplaz6.4 km away1,555m
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Hron in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Danube
Romania2,850 km5,400 m³/sTributaries (25)
Also: Slatina, Bystrica, Čierny Hron, Paríž River, Vajskovský potok, Sikenica, Ihráčsky potok, Perec, Rohozná, Jasenský potok, Sielnický potok, Ľupča, Bacúšsky potok, Teplá, Turová, Badínsky potok, Bukovec, Sopotnica, Važná, Zákruty, Ždiarny potok, Prochotský potok, Drienka, Rakyťanka
Serbia
Croatia
Germany
Moldova
AustriaNearby
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HungaryWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q213230) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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