Ipeľ

The Ipeľ (Slovak; pronounced [ˈipeʎ]) or Ipoly (Hungarian) (German: Eipel, archaic Slovak: Jupoľ, Latin: Bolia^[1][2]) is a 232-kilometre (144 mi) long river in Slovakia and Hungary, a tributary of the Danube River. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovak Ore Mountains. It flows south to the Hungarian border, and then southwest, west, and again south along the border until it flows into the Danube near Szob.

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Ipeľ
Ipeľ river near Šahy
Current and watershed of the Ipeľ River in Slovakia and Hungary
Native name	Ipeľ (Slovak) Ipoly (Hungarian)
Location
Countries	Slovakia and Hungary
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lom nad Rimavicou, Slovakia
Mouth	Danube River
• location	Chľaba/Szob
• coordinates	47.8182°N 18.8485°E / 47.8182; 18.8485
Length	232 km (144 mi)
Basin size	5,151 km2 (1,989 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	mouth
• average	21 m3/s (740 cu ft/s)
• minimum	3 m3/s (110 cu ft/s)
• maximum	70 m3/s (2,500 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Tisovník, Krtíš, Krupinica, Štiavnica
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea

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The Ipeľ flows through or creates the border of the Banská Bystrica and Nitra regions in Slovakia, and Nógrád and Pest counties in Hungary.