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Tisza River

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Tisza River

 or Tisa River

River, western Ukraine, eastern Hungary, and northern Serbia. Rising in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine, it flows west, forming a section of the Ukraine-Romania border, then continues southwest across Hungary and into Serbia to empty into the Danube River above Belgrade. It is 619 mi (996 km) long. The Tiszalök Dam (1954) forms the largest reservoir in Hungary. The Tisza is navigable for light-draft boats for about 450 mi (727 km).



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The town can survive because it is on the Tisza river and there is a new wellness hotel," says Akos Horvath of the local development office.
There are many canoe and kayak trips that follow the Danube or the Tisza rivers.
The Tisza River subdrainage into the Danube, the Puszta (pronounced Phoostah), a unique saliferous grassy desert bordered by wetlands and forest, contains the Hortobagy National Park, the oldest national park in Hungary.
 
 
 
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