Editing Hron

{{About|the river}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Hron
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<!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP -->
| image              = Rieka hron starytekov.jpg
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| image_caption      = The Hron near [[Starý Tekov]]
| map                = {{superimpose|align=center|width=275px
 | float=Hron River - location and watershed map.svg
 | base=Slovakia - background map.png
 }}
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| map_caption        = Current and watershed of the Hron River in Slovakia
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| mapframe-zoom      = 7
<!---------------------- LOCATION -->
| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Slovakia]]
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| subdivision_type3  = Region
| subdivision_name3  = [[Banská Bystrica Region|Banská Bystrica]], [[Nitra Region|Nitra]]
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<!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -->
| length             = {{convert|271|km|mi|abbr=on}} 
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| discharge1_location= 
| discharge1_min     = {{convert|7.6|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg     = {{convert|53.7|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_max     = {{convert|1050|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
<!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES -->
| source1            = Hron
| source1_location   = [[Kráľova hoľa]] near [[Telgárt]]
| source1_coordinates= 
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|980|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = [[Danube]]
| mouth_location     = [[Kamenica nad Hronom]], [[Nitra Region]]
| mouth_coordinates  = 
| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|112|m|abbr=on}}
| progression        = {{RDanube}}
| river_system       = 
| basin_size         = {{convert|5465|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left   = [[Slatina (Slovakia)|Slatina]]
| tributaries_right  = [[Zákruty]]
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The '''Hron''' ({{langx|sk|Hron}}; {{langx|de|Gran}}; {{langx|hu|Garam}}; {{langx|la|Granus}}) is a {{convert|271|km|mi|adj=on}} long left tributary of the [[Danube]]<ref name=vuvh>[http://www.vuvh.sk/RSV2/download/PMPR/Hron/Plan.pdf Plán manažmentu povodňového rizikavčiastkovom povodí Hrona], p. 38</ref> and the second-longest river in [[Slovakia]]. It flows from its source in the [[Low Tatra]] Mountains (below [[Kráľova hoľa]]) through central and southern Slovakia, emptying into the Danube near [[Štúrovo]] and [[Esztergom]]. Major cities and towns on the Hron are [[Brezno]], [[Banská Bystrica]], [[Sliač]], [[Zvolen]], [[Žiar nad Hronom]], [[Žarnovica]], [[Nová Baňa]], [[Tlmače]], [[Levice]], [[Želiezovce]], and Štúrovo.

The river's basin covers {{convert|5465|km2|abbr=on}},<ref name=vuvh/> which is approximately 11&nbsp;percent of Slovakia's territory.

Hron is a popular destination of [[water tourism]].

==Etymology==
The name is probably of Germanic origin; ''*Granahua'': ''gran'' – spruce, ''ahua'' – water.<ref>{{cite book | first = Jaromír | last = Krško | title = Hydronymia povodia Hrona | publisher = Univerzita Mateja Bela | location = Banská Bystrica | year = 2008 | page = 81 | isbn = 978-80-8083-611-5 | language = sk}}</ref>

==History==
The name of the river was mentioned for the first time in 170, when [[Roman Emperor]] [[Marcus Aurelius]] wrote his ''[[Meditations]]'' at the Hron ({{langx|la|[[Grannus|Granus]]}}) river.<ref name="krsko">{{cite journal|title=Názvy potokov v Banskej Bystrici a okolí|journal=Bystrický Permon|date=June 2003|first=Jaromír|last=Krško|volume=1|issue=2|pages=8}}</ref> The first recorded medieval name was Gron (1075).<ref name="krsko"/> From the 17th century until the 1930s, the river was used for wood transport.

==References==
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{{commons category|Hron}}
{{Danube}}
{{Hydrography of Slovakia}}
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[[Category:Rivers of Slovakia]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Danube]]


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