Editing Váh (section)

{{short description|River in Slovakia}}
{{redirect2|Vah|Vah River|the Russian river|Vakh|the script of the Bassa language|Bassa Vah}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Váh
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<!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP -->
| image              = Rieka_Vah_-_Piestany.jpg
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| image_caption      = The Váh near [[Piešťany]].
| map                = {{superimpose|align=center|width=275px
 | float=Váh River (SVK) - location and watershed.svg
 | base=Slovakia - background map.png
 }}
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| map_caption        = The current and watershed of the Váh from its Čierny Váh (Southern) and Biely Váh (Northern) sources until it enters the [[Danube]] (magenta)
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<!---------------------- LOCATION -->
| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Slovakia]]
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<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -->
| length             = {{convert|403|km|mi|abbr=on}} 
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| discharge1_location= 
| discharge1_min     = {{convert|22.3|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|196|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_max     = {{convert|1825|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
| source1            = Čierny Váh
| source1_location   = [[Kráľova hoľa]], [[Nízke Tatry]]
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| source2            = Biely Váh
| source2_location   = Važecká dolina, [[Vysoké Tatry]]
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| mouth              = [[Danube River]]
| mouth_location     = [[Komárno]]
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| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|106.5|m|abbr=on}}
| progression        = {{RDanube}}
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| basin_size         = {{convert|15075|km2|abbr=on}}
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}}

The '''Váh''' ({{IPA|sk|ʋaːx}}; {{langx|de|Waag}}, {{IPA|de|vaːk|pron|De-Waag.ogg}};<ref>''The Cambridge Ancient History''. [[Cambridge University]] Press. 1970. {{ISBN|0-521-26335-2}}</ref> {{langx|hu|Vág}};<ref>{{cite book |last= Kocsis |first=Károly |title= Ethnic Geography of the Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-zZ_NVM9mNEC&dq=Kom%C3%A1rno+Hungarians+census&pg=PA73 |section= Towns in Slovakia with absolute Hungarian majority |pages=73 |isbn= 1-931313-75-X |year=2001 |access-date= 2008-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Felbermann|first=Louis|title=Hungary and Its People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrwJAAAAIAAJ&q=V%C3%A1g+river|access-date=2008-07-02|year=1892}}</ref> {{langx|pl|Wag}}<ref>[http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_XII/888 Wag] w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (''in Geographical Dictionary of Polish Kingdom and other Slavic countries'').</ref>) is the longest [[river]] within [[Slovakia]]. Towns on the river include [[Liptovský Hrádok]], [[Liptovský Mikuláš]], [[Ružomberok]], [[Vrútky]], [[Žilina]], [[Bytča]], [[Považská Bystrica]], [[Púchov]], [[Ilava]], [[Dubnica nad Váhom]], [[Nemšová]], [[Trenčín]], [[Nové Mesto nad Váhom]], [[Piešťany]], [[Hlohovec]], [[Sereď]], [[Šaľa]], [[Kolárovo]] and [[Komárno]].