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Cirocha
Cirocha in Stakčín
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBukovec Mountains
Mouth 
 • location
Laborec near Humenné
Length56.6 km (35.2 mi)
Basin size499 km2 (193 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationSnina
 • average2.85 m3/s (101 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionLaborecLatoricaBodrogTiszaDanubeBlack Sea

Cirocha (Hungarian: Ciróka) is a 56.6 km long river and tributary of Laborec in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Its watershed basin area is around 499 km², and the average flow is 2.85 m³/s in Snina.

Course

The headwaters of the Cirocha are in the Bukovské vrchy mountains under the Ruské sedlo saddle at the Slovak-Polish border. It flows south and west after first few kilometres into the Starina reservoir, flowing further to the municipalities of Snina and Stakčín. From Stakčín it flows to the west, to its confluence with the Laborec river near Humenné.

See also