Latorica, Латориця
Latorica river in Mukachevo
Location
Country	Ukraine, Slovakia
Physical characteristics
Source	Wooded Carpathians
• location	Ukraine
• coordinates	48°50′53″N 23°07′47″E / 48.848°N 23.1298°E / 48.848; 23.1298
• elevation	850 m (2,790 ft)
Mouth
• location	Bodrog
• coordinates	48°27′17″N 21°49′10″E / 48.4547°N 21.8195°E / 48.4547; 21.8195
Length	188 km (117 mi)
Basin size	7,740 km2 (2,990 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	37 m3/s (1,300 cu ft/s) in Chop
Basin features
Progression	Bodrog→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• right	Laborec
Ramsar Wetland
Designated	26 May 1993
Reference no.	606[1]

Latorica (Hungarian: Latorca; Slovak: Latorica, pronounced: Latoritsa; Ukrainian: Латориця, translit.: Latorytsia) is a river in the watershed of the Danube. Its source is in the Ukrainian Carpathians (Eastern Carpathian Mountains), near the village Latirka. It flows from Ukraine (156.6 km) to Slovakia (31.4 km), 188 km in total and west through the towns Svaliava, Mukachevo, Solomonovo, Chop and Veľké Kapušany. Its basin size is 7,740 km² (2,990 sq mi).^[2] Its confluence with the Ondava, in Zemplín, gives rise to the Bodrog river, itself a tributary of the Tisza.

A part of its watershed (Latorica Protected Landscape Area, "Ramsar site No. 606", 44.05 km²) was added to the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance since 1993.

Etymology

It is interpreted differently: according to one hypothesis, it is a pre-Slavic noun, according to others it is related to Slavic, based on lat- "studeny" (meaning "cold river").^[3]

References

External links

• Ramsar database entry