Bodrog
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Bodrog
a river in Czechoslovakia and Hungary; a right tributary of the Tisza (Tisa). Length, 267 km; basin area, 13,600 sq km. Formed from the confluence of the Latoritsa and Laborec rivers, which rise in the Carpathians. It flows in a winding bed through the central Danubian plain. High water is in spring; there are freshets in summer. The Bodrog is navigable and is used for the flotation of timber.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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