River
Nitra
197 km from source to mouth · Slovakia.
SlovakiaFlows into Váh3rd longest in Slovakia
In numbers
Length
197km
Average flow
24m³/s
Basin
4,499km²
Drop
335m
from 441 m to 106 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
197 km of river and 31 stops on the way: 26 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 441 m
- 0 kmKľačno1,074 people
- 4 kmRajec5,818 people
- 10 kmRajecké Teplice3,023 people
- 20 kmŽilina81,219 people
- 25 kmHričov Reservoir1.6 km²
- 35 kmBytča11,491 people
- 48 kmPovažská Bystrica37,483 people
- 55 kmNosice Reservoir4.7 km²
- 58 kmPúchov16,995 people
- 63 kmMedné4,007 people
- 64 kmBeluša6,022 people
- 64 kmLednické Rovne3,844 people
- 71 kmIlava5,411 people
- 77 kmDubnica nad Váhom21,914 people
- 80 kmNemšová6,266 people
- 89 kmTrenčín58,278 people
- 96 kmTrenčianske Stankovce3,402 people
- 107 kmZelená Voda0.7 km²
- 107 kmNové Mesto nad Váhom19,325 people
- 125 kmPiešťany26,862 people
- 129 kmSĺňava Reservoir3.8 km²
- 139 kmHlohovec19,883 people
- 140 kmLeopoldov3,946 people
- 155 kmSereď15,228 people
- 160 kmŠoporňa4,143 people
- 166 kmKráľová Reservoir11 km²
- 171 kmŠaľa20,239 people
- 184 kmVlčany3,193 people
- 185 kmNeded3,203 people
- 193 kmNové Zámky35,628 people
- 196 kmKolárovo10,470 people
- 197 kmVáhat 106 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 24 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 104 seconds. It drops from 441 m to 106 m, 1.7 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 4,499 km², about the size of CV. 1.2 million people live in it. Highest water: from March to May; lowest: from January to February. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (20% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- ŽilinaLargest city on its banks · 81,219 people
- Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava (OSR)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 70 km from the cityCar hire at OSR airport (Mošnov)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water36 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe4 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Nitra, 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 52 m³/s in the lowest month to 370 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
Nitra: the basin in numbers
10,610 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.2millionpeople live in the basin
- 116/km²people per km²
- 677maverage altitude of the basin
- 917mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.3°Caverage air temperature
- 42%protected areas
- 0.7%covered by lakes
- 0.9km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 75% Forest
- 15% Cropland
- 22% Pasture
- 7% 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
Nitra: what you find on the way
- 98WeirsJaz and 97 more
- 21LocksKočkovský kanál, Biskupický derivačný kanál and 19 more
- 3WaterfallsVodopád Slnečné skaly
- 4Canoe put-ins
- 24Boat rampsPred Kolárovom, Kolárovo and 22 more
- 4Ferry piersvyhliadkoveplavby.sk and 3 more
- 5MarinasKrálovský prístav, Dani & Kati Marine and 3 more
- 3River beachesPiňopláž, Štrková pláž, Veľká pláž
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Nitra 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.
5lakes on its wayLakeyas
43mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (5)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Hričov Reservoirkm 311.6km²
- Nosice Reservoirkm 68 · 18 m deep4.7km²
- Zelená Vodakm 1320.7km²
- Sĺňava Reservoirkm 1603.8km²
- Kráľová Reservoirkm 20511km²
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Mountains at the source (43)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Kľak3.4 km away1,352m
- Strážov10 km away1,213m
- Hnilická Kýčera12 km away1,218m
- Reváň2.2 km away1,205m
- Ostrá skala5.3 km away1,220m
- Skalky8.1 km away1,191m
- Homôľka0.6 km away1,073m
- Hrubá Kečka7.1 km away1,037m
35 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
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
Nitra in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
VáhSlovakia433 km150 m³/sTributaries (13)
Also: Žitava, Bebrava, Handlovka, Nitrica River, Radošinka, Chotina, Kadaň, Bojnianka, Bystrica, Chvojnica, Dršňa, Tužina, Porubský potok
Romania
Serbia
Croatia
Germany
Moldova
AustriaNearby
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HungaryWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q369773) · 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 | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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