Galga is a right tributary of the river Zagyva in the Cserhát mountains and the Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary.[1] It originates at Becske, Nógrád County, at the Hill Szandai. The end of the river is at Jászfényszaru, where it flows into the Zagyva.

Galga
Location
CountryHungary
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCserhát mountains near Becske
Mouth 
 • location
Zagyva (near Jászfényszaru)
 • coordinates
47°33′08″N 19°42′57″E / 47.5523°N 19.7159°E / 47.5523; 19.7159
Length58 km (36 mi)
Basin size568 km2 (219 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average0.6 m3/s (21 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionZagyvaTiszaDanubeBlack Sea

Because of the major disasters caused by the river in the 1970s, it became regulated by the Aszód-based GAVIT, which is responsible for Galga and all of the streams flowing into the river.

References edit

  1. ^ Görgey, Artúr (1852). My Life and Acts in Hungary in the 1848 and 1849. David Bogue.