6.6.2. Largest rivers in Hungary*

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Rivers Total length Watershed area
total of which: in Hungary total of which: in Hungary
kilometres % square kilometres %
Danube 2 860 417 14.6 817 000 46 294 5.7
Rába 303 192 63.4 .. .. ..
Moson Danube with Rába .. .. .. 18 000 8 700 48.3
Ipoly 215 125 58.1 5 108 .. ..
Zala 115 115 100.0 .. .. ..
Sió with Zala and Lake Balaton .. .. .. 22 540 22 540 100.0
Tiszaa 977 597 61.1 157 186 46 737 29.7
Maros 754 50 6.6 30 332 1 885 6.2
Körös rivers
Fehér-Körös 326 10 3.1 4 275 298 7.0
Sebes-Körös 209 59 28.2 9 119 3 155 34.6
Fekete-Körös 168 22 13.1 4 645 151 3.3
Hármas-Körös 91 91 100.0 27 537 12 931 47.0
Kettős-Körös 37 37 100.0 10 386 3 222 31.0
Szamos 415 52 12.5 15 881 306 1.9
Sajó 229 132 57.6 12 708 4 203 33.1
Bodrog 63 50 79.4 13 579 972 7.2
Zagyva .. .. .. 5 676 5 672 99.9
Dráva 695 143 20.6 40 076 4 173 10.4
*Sources: The Development of Water Management (Society for Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge, Budapest, 1971), Encyclopaedia of Environment Protection (Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 2002), Environmental Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2005 (HCSO, Budapest, 2007).  aIts watershed area includes the watershed areas of river Maros, Körös rivers and rivers Szamos, Bodrog, Sajó and Zagyva. 

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