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The Hron (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a Template:Convert long left tributary of the Danube<ref name=vuvh>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 Template:Convert,<ref name=vuvh/> which is approximately 11 percent of Slovakia's territory.
Hron is a popular destination of water tourism.
EtymologyEdit
The name is probably of Germanic origin; *Granahua: gran – spruce, ahua – water.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
HistoryEdit
The name of the river was mentioned for the first time in 170, when Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote his Meditations at the Hron (Template:Langx) river.<ref name="krsko">Template:Cite journal</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.
ReferencesEdit
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