| Country | Hungary |
|---|---|
| Counties | Somogy · Fejér · Tolna |
| Towns | Siófok · Simontornya · Szekszárd |
| Length | 124 km |
| Discharge1 location | mouth |
| Discharge1 avg | 39 m3/s (1,400 cu ft/s) |
| Source1 location | Lake Balaton |
| Mouth | Danube |
| Mouth location | Bogyiszló |
| Mouth coordinates | 46.3379°N 18.8947°E |
| Basin size | 14693 km² |
| Tributaries left | Sárvíz |
| Tributaries right | Kapos |
The Sió or Sió-csatorna (Sió-Channel)[1] is a fully regulated river in midwest Hungary.[2] It is the outlet, at the eastern end, of Lake Balaton,[3] flowing out of the lake in Siófok. The 124 km (77 mi) 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[4] 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 14,693 km2 (5,673 sq mi) and its average discharge at the mouth is 39 m3/s (1,400 cu ft/s).
References
- ^ "Regulation of the Sió and the Sárvíz". Sulinet, educational site of the Hungarian government.
- ^ SIÓ-CSATORNA www.siocsatorna.hu, accessed 7 May 2021
- ^ European Space Agency (26 July 2019). "Image: Lake Balaton in western Hungary from orbit". Phys.Org
- ^ Słowik, Marcin; Dezső, József; Kovács, János; Gałka, Mariusz (January 2020). "The formation of low-energy meanders in loess landscapes (Transdanubia, central Europe)". Global and Planetary Change. 184. Bibcode:2020GPC...18403071S. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103071. S2CID 210260968