List of rivers of Hungary

Rivers by length

(> 100 km, only the length in Hungary)

1. Tisza - 597 km - 62,06% of total length
2. Danube (Duna) - 417 km – 14,60% of total length
3. Körös - 217.5 km
   1. triple Körös (Hármas-Körös) - 91.3 km – 100% of total length
   2. double Körös (Kettős-Körös) - 37.3 km – 100% of total length
      1. Crișul Negru (Fekete-Körös) - 20.5 km – 12.20% of total length
      2. Crișul Alb (Fehér-Körös) - 9.8 km – 4.16% of total length
   3. Crișul Repede (Sebes-Körös) - 58.6 km – 28.04% of total length
4. Rába - 188 km – 66,43% of total length
5. Zagyva - 179 km – 100% of total length
6. Hortobágy-Berettyó - 167.3 km – 100% of total length
7. Drava (Dráva) - 166.8 km – 22,27% of total length
8. Ipeľ (Ipoly) - 143 km – 61.51% of total length
9. Zala - 126 km – 100% of total length
10. Sajó - 125.1 km – 56.10% of total length
11. Répce and Rábca together - 123.7 km
12. Sajó - 120.8 km – 100% of total length
13. Hornád (Hernád) - 118 km – 41.26% of total length
14. Kapos - 112.7 km – 100% of total length
15. Tarna - 105 km – 100% of total length
16. Marcal - 100.4 km – 100% of total length

Rivers by drainage area

(> 1000 km², only the area in Hungary)

Danube (Duna) - 93,030 km² – 11,7% of total basin

Rába -

Marcal - 3,033 km² – 100% of total basin

Ipeľ (Ipoly) - 1,518 km² – 29.72% of total basin

Sió - 14,953 km² – 100% of total basin

Kapos - 3,170 km² – 100% of total basin

Drava (Dráva) - 8,215.22 km² – 19% of total basin

Tisza - 46,000 km² – 29,27% of total basin

Sajó - 5,545 km² – 43,63% of total basin

Hornád (Hernád) - 1,136 km² – 20,90% of total basin

Zagyva - 5,677 km² – 100% of total basin

Tarna - 2,116 km² – 100% of total basin

Körös - 12,942.39 km² – 47% of total basin

Balaton from (Zala river and others) – 5,181 km²

Rivers by average discharge

(> 10 m³/s, this list includes not only in Hungary)

1. Danube (Duna) - 6855 m³/s – in Budapest 2350 m³/s
2. Tisza - 820 m³/s
3. Drava (Dráva) - 670 m³/s
4. Mureș (Maros) - 184 m³/s
5. Mur (Mura) - 166 m³/s
6. Bodrog - 115 m³/s
7. Someș (Szamos) - 114 m³/s
8. Körös (Hármas-Körös) - 100 m³/s
9. Sajó - 60 m³/s
10. Sió - 39 m³/s
11. Hornád (Hernád) - 30.9 m³/s
12. Crișul Repede (Sebes-Körös) - 25.4 m³/s
13. Rába - 18 m³/s

Rivers by orography

Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea (the lower in the list, the more upstream).

Black Sea

The rivers in this section are sorted north-west (Austria) to south (Croatia-Serbia).

Danube/Duna (main branch at Sulina, Romania) Mosoni-Duna - branch of Danube Concó (near Ács) R Által-ér (in Dunaalmás) R Ipeľ/Ipoly (near Szob) L Kiskunsági main channel (near Tass) L Sió (in Gemenc Forest) R Sugovica (in Baja) L Drava/Dráva (near Osijek, Croatia) R

Lake Balaton

The rivers in this section are sorted north-west to south-west.

Zala (near Balatonszentgyörgy) Upper Válicka/Felső-Valicka (near Zalaegerszeg) R

Alphabetical list

Berettyó, Bodrog, Bodva, Dráva/Drava, Hernád, Fehér-Körös, Fekete-Körös, Ipoly, Kígyós/Plazović, Körös, Körös-ér, Kraszna, Lajta/Leitha, Maros, Mura/Mur, Pinka, Rába/Raab, Sajó, Sebes-Körös, Séd, Sió, Sugovica, Szamos, Szinva, Tisza, Zagyva, Zala, Válicka