{{Infobox river | name = Poprad | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Poprad.river.JPG | image_size = 275 | image_caption = The Poprad near Spišská Belá in Kežmarok district | map = Poprad River Route.png | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Countries | subdivision_name1 = {{hlist|Slovakia|Poland}} | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|174.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|22.3|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = High Tatras | source1_coordinates= {{coord|49.1355|20.0765|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|1302.3|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Dunajec | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|49.5888| 20.6502|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|292|m|abbr=on}} | progression = {{RDunajec}} | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|2081|km2|abbr=on}} | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} 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 and southern Poland, and a tributary of the Dunajec River near Stary Sącz, Poland. It has a length of 170&nbsp;kilometres (63&nbsp;km of which are within the Polish borders) and a basin area of 2,077&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, (1,594&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> of which is in Slovakia, and 483&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in Poland). Much of the Polish part of its basin is included in the protected area called Poprad Landscape Park featuring the Poprad River Gorge, a popular tourist destination between the towns of Piwniczna and Rytro.

Poprad is the only large Slovak river flowing north into southern Poland. The river flows through the Slovak towns of Poprad, Kežmarok, Stará Ľubovňa, then forms for 31.1&nbsp;km the Polish-Slovak border and flows through the Polish towns of Krynica-Zdrój, Muszyna, Piwniczna-Zdrój, Rytro, Stary Sącz, and Żegiestów, among others.

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

==See also== * Rivers of Poland * Rivers of Slovakia * Poprad (town), 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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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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