# Poprad (river)

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thumb|The Poprad forming the Polish-Slovak border
The '''Poprad''' ({{langx|hu|Poprád|links=no}}, {{langx|de|Popper|links=no}}) is a river in northern [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia) and southern [Poland](/source/Poland), and a tributary of the [Dunajec River](/source/Dunajec_River) near [Stary Sącz](/source/Stary_S%C4%85cz), Poland. It has a length of 170&nbsp;kilometres (63&nbsp;km of which are within the Polish borders) and a [basin area](/source/drainage_basin) of 2,077&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, (1,594&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of which is in [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia), and 483&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in Poland). Much of the Polish part of its basin is included in the [protected area](/source/protected_area) called [Poprad Landscape Park](/source/Poprad_Landscape_Park) featuring the [Poprad River Gorge](/source/Poprad_River_Gorge), a popular tourist destination between the towns of [Piwniczna](/source/Piwniczna-Zdr%C3%B3j) and [Rytro](/source/Rytro).

Poprad is the only large Slovak river flowing north into southern Poland. The river flows through the Slovak towns of [Poprad](/source/Poprad), [Kežmarok](/source/Ke%C5%BEmarok), [Stará Ľubovňa](/source/Star%C3%A1_%C4%BDubov%C5%88a), then forms for 31.1&nbsp;km the Polish-Slovak border and flows through the Polish towns of [Krynica-Zdrój](/source/Krynica-Zdr%C3%B3j), [Muszyna](/source/Muszyna), [Piwniczna-Zdrój](/source/Piwniczna-Zdr%C3%B3j), [Rytro](/source/Rytro), [Stary Sącz](/source/Stary_S%C4%85cz), and [Żegiestów](/source/%C5%BBegiest%C3%B3w), among others.

==Etymology==
The name is derived from a Proto-Slavic verb ''pręd-'' (to flow fast, to jump), preserved in the [Slovak](/source/Slovak_language) words ''priasť'', ''pradenie'' (to spin, [spinning](/source/Spinning_(textiles))).{{sfn|Ondruš|1991|p=231}}

==See also==
* [Rivers of Poland](/source/Rivers_of_Poland)
* [Rivers of Slovakia](/source/Rivers_of_Slovakia)
* [Poprad (town)](/source/Poprad), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia)
{{Commons category|Poprad River}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite journal | first = Šimon | last = Ondruš | title = Ešte raz o pôvode tatranskej rieky Poprad | journal = Slovenská reč | publisher = Veda, Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied | location = Bratislava | year = 1991 | issue = 4 | url = http://www.juls.savba.sk/ediela/sr/1991/4/sr1991-4-lq.pdf }}
* Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski; ''Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska.'' Poronin: ''Wydawnictwo Górskie'', 2004. {{ISBN|83-7104-009-1}}.
* ''Beskid Sądecki. Mapa 1:50 000.'' Piwniczna: ''Agencja Wyd. „Wit”.'' {{ISBN|83-915737-3-7}}.
* Jerzy Kondracki, ''Geografia regionalna Polski.'' Warszawa: ''Wyd. Naukowe PWN'', 1998. {{nobreak|{{ISBN|83-01-12479-2}}.}}

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{{Hydrography of Slovakia}}
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Category:Spiš
Category:Rivers of Slovakia
Category:Rivers of Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Category:International rivers of Europe
Category:Rivers of Prešov Region

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