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The Hornád (Slovak, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) or Hernád (Hungarian, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a river in eastern Slovakia and north-eastern Hungary.

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The Hernád river at Gibárt, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

It is a tributary to the river Slaná (Sajo). The source of the Hornád is the eastern slopes of Kráľova hoľa hill, south of Šuňava.<ref name="splavujeme.sk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The river is 286 km long, with 178 km located in Slovakia, and the remaining 108 km in Hungary.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Cities along its course are Spišská Nová Ves and Košice, both in Slovakia. It flows into the river Sajó (Slovak Slaná) southeast of Miskolc.<ref name="splavujeme.sk" />

Along the river are a series of six separate limestone rocky cliffs and steep slopes, which collectively make up the Site of Community Importance 'Hornádske vápence'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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