The Poprad by Spišská Belá in Kežmarok district
The Poprad forming the Polish-Slovakian border
The Poprad (German Popper) is a river in northern Slovakia and southern Poland, and a tributary of the Dunajec River (near Stary Sącz). It has a length of 170 kilometres (63 km of which are in Poland, making it Poland's 22nd longest river) and a basin area of 2,077 km², (1,594 km² of which is in Slovakia, and 483 km² in Poland). Much of the Polish part of its basin is included in the protected area called Poprad Landscape Park.
It is the only large Slovakian river flowing north. The Poprad flows through the districts of Poprad, Kežmarok and Stará Ľubovňa and then forms for 31.1 km the Polish-Slovakian border.
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Coordinates: 49°35′N 20°39′E / 49.583°N 20.65°E / 49.583; 20.65
