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Also known as Sio

The Sió or Sió-csatorna (Sió-Channel) is a fully regulated river in midwest Hungary. It is the outlet, at the eastern end, of Lake Balaton, flowing out of the lake in Siófok. The long Sió flows into the river Danube near the city of Szekszárd. The Sió flows through the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér and Tolna, its main tributaries are Kapos from the right and Sárvíz from the left. The drainage basin of the Sió (including Balaton) covers more than a third of the Transdanubia region. The Sió's basin size is and its average discharge at the mouth is .

Key facts

River.name
Sió
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Hungary
River.subdivision_type4
Counties
River.subdivision_type5
Towns
River.length_km
124
River.discharge1_location
mouth
River.source1_location
Lake Balaton
River.mouth
Danube
River.mouth_location
Bogyiszló
River.basin_size_km2
14693
River.tributaries_left
Sárvíz
River.tributaries_right
Kapos

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Wikidata facts

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Sió sluice gate.JPG
Length
120.8
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watershed area
14953
Commons category
Sió
discharge
39.0
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The Sió or Sió-csatorna (Sió-Channel) is a fully regulated river in midwest Hungary. It is the outlet, at the eastern end, of Lake Balaton, flowing out of the lake in Siófok. The long Sió flows into the river Danube near the city of Szekszárd. The Sió flows through the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér and Tolna, its main tributaries are Kapos from the right and Sárvíz from the left. The drainage basin of the Sió (including Balaton) covers more than a third of the Transdanubia region. The Sió's basin size is and its average discharge at the mouth is .

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