Váh

Váh
River
The Váh near Piešťany.
Country	Slovakia
Primary source	Čierny Váh
- location	Kráľova hoľa, Nízke Tatry
Secondary source	Biely Váh
- location	Važecká dolina, Vysoké Tatry
Mouth	Danube River
- location	Komárno
- elevation	106.5 m (349 ft)
Length	406 km (252 mi)
Basin	15,075 km2 (5,820 sq mi)
Discharge
- average	196 m3/s (6,922 cu ft/s)
- max	1,825 m3/s (64,449 cu ft/s)
- min	22.3 m3/s (788 cu ft/s)
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea

The Váh (Slovak pronunciation: [ʋaːx]; German: Waag;Hungarian: Vág;Polish: Wag) is the longest river within Slovakia. Towns on the river include Liptovský Hrádok, Liptovský Mikuláš, Ružomberok, Vrútky, Žilina, Bytča, Považská Bystrica, Púchov, Ilava, Dubnica nad Váhom, Nemšová, Trenčín, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Piešťany, Hlohovec, Sereď, Šaľa, Kolárovo and Komárno.

The name is of Germanic or Slavic origin. It could be derived from old Germanic wȃg (stream) or proto-Slavic vagъ, vaga (pole, stick, carved branch) referencing to reinforced riverbanks. Several Slavic river names with a similar motivation exist, but pre-Slavic origin of larger rivers in Slovakia is assumed in general. The earliest mentions are flumen Vvaga (1111) and aqua Vvac' (1113).

A left tributary of the Danube river, the Váh is 406 kilometres (252 mi) long, including its Čierny Váh branch. Its two sources, the Biely Váh (White Váh) and the Čierny Váh (Black Váh), are located in the Vysoké Tatry (High Tatras) and Nízke Tatry (Low Tatra) mountains, respectively, and it flows over northern and western Slovakia and finally feeds into the Danube near Komárno. The left tributaries are Demänovka, Revúca, Ľubochnianka, Turiec, Rajčanka and Nitra rivers, and the right tributaries are Belá, Orava, Varínka, Kysuca, Biela voda, Vlára, Dubová, Dudváh and Malý Dunaj rivers. In late medieval time it was a property of Stibor of Stiboricz and his son Stibor of Beckov of the Clan of Ostoja, later passing to Maurice Benyovszky as a gift of Maria Theresa.

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