Orava River
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| Orava | |
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| Hungarian: Árva, German: Arwa, Polish: Orawa | |
 Orava River at Dolný Kubín, showing houses of Záskalie neighborhood
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| Country | Slovakia |
| Length | 60.9 km (38 mi) |
| Watershed | 1,991.8 km² (769 sq mi) |
| Discharge at | mouth |
| - average | 34.5 m³/s (1,218 cu ft/s) |
| - maximum | 1,120 m³/s (39,552 cu ft/s) |
| - minimum | 2.3 m³/s (81 cu ft/s) |
| Source | Orava reservoir, taking water from White Orava in Slovakia and from Black Orava in Poland |
| - coordinates | |
| - elevation | 601 m (1,972 ft) |
| Mouth | Váh river |
| - location | Kraľovany |
| - coordinates | |
| - elevation | 430.7 m (1,413 ft) |
Orava () is the name of a 60.9 km long river in north-western Slovakia passing through a picturesque country, in the Orava county. Its source is nowadays the Orava water reservoir whose waters flooded the confluence of Biela (White) Orava and Čierna (Black) Orava in 1953. It flows into the river Váh near the village of Kraľovany.
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