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The main towns on the island are [[Komárno]], [[Dunajská Streda]], and [[Šamorín]]. The island is an important reservoir of drinking water and an agricultural region.<ref>http://www.televize.cz/clanky/dilo-dunaje-nejvetsi-ricni-ostrov-evropy-3420 (in Czech)</ref> |
The main towns on the island are [[Komárno]], [[Dunajská Streda]], and [[Šamorín]]. The island is an important reservoir of drinking water and an agricultural region.<ref>http://www.televize.cz/clanky/dilo-dunaje-nejvetsi-ricni-ostrov-evropy-3420 (in Czech)</ref> |
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The vast majority of this region is of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian speaking, and have never had the opportunity since the second world war to be rejoined with Hungary which it borders. |
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Southern parts of Žitný ostrov by the Danube are protected by [[Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area]]. |
Southern parts of Žitný ostrov by the Danube are protected by [[Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area]]. |
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Žitný ostrov, also called Veľký Žitný ostrov (Great Rye Island) (German: Große Schüttinsel or Great Schütt Island, Hungarian: Csallóköz) to differentiate it from Malý Žitný ostrov (Small Rye Island) (German: Kleine Schüttinsel or Little Schütt Island, Hungarian: Szigetköz), is a river island in southwestern Slovakia, extending from Bratislava to Komárno. It lies between the Danube, its tributary Little Danube and Váh.The island is a major part of the Danubian Flat. It is the biggest river island in Europe with an area of 1,886 km², being 84 km long and 15 – 30 km wide.
The main towns on the island are Komárno, Dunajská Streda, and Šamorín. The island is an important reservoir of drinking water and an agricultural region.[1]
Southern parts of Žitný ostrov by the Danube are protected by Dunajské luhy Protected Landscape Area.
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External links
- Žitný ostrov at Slovakia.travel
Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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