River
Sajó
229 km from source to mouth · Hungary and Slovakia.
Hungary and SlovakiaFlows into Tisza7th longest in Hungary
In numbers
Length
229km
Average flow
70m³/s
Basin
12,700km²
Drop
440m
from 528 m to 88 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
229 km of river and 15 stops on the way: 11 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 528 m
- 16 kmPalcmanská Maša Reservoir0.6 km²
- 39 kmNálepkovo3,583 people
- 63 kmPrakovce3,344 people
- 69 kmGelnica5,829 people
- 86 kmRužín2.0 km²
- 116 kmKošice225,044 people
- 123 kmValaliky4,605 people
- 130 kmČaňa6,109 people
- 166 kmEncs6,886 people
- 192 kmSzinvatributary
- 192 kmOnga4,697 people
- 197 kmHernádnémeti3,464 people
- 203 kmSajólád3,001 people
- 215 kmHornádtributary
- 224 kmTiszaújváros17,295 people
- 229 kmTiszaat 88 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River
At the mouth it carries 70 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 36 seconds. It drops from 528 m to 88 m, 1.9 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 12,700 km², about the size of BS. 5.7 million people live in it. Highest water: from March to May; lowest: from January to February. Its dams hold back little of its water (6.5% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- KošiceLargest city on its banks · 225,044 people
- Košice International Airport (KSC)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 6 km from the cityCar hire at KSC airport (Košice)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water20 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Sajó, month by month
Highest water: from March to May
Lowest water: from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 200 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,300 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
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The basin
Sajó: the basin in numbers
62,480 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 5.7millionpeople live in the basin
- 92/km²people per km²
- 438maverage altitude of the basin
- 705mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 8.0°Caverage air temperature
- 11%protected areas
- 0.2%covered by lakes
- 1.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 52% Forest
- 27% Cropland
- 22% Pasture
- 4% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Sajó: what you find on the way
- 47WeirsHať, Hať Vyšné Opátske, Hať Nad Jazerom and 44 more
- 7WaterfallsNálepkove vodopády, Suchý vodopád and 5 more
- 7Boat rampsSklz Malá Lodina, Sklz Kysák, Sklz Súdky Ťahanovce and 4 more
- 4Ferry piersMuhi, Köröm, Girincs and 1 more
- 1MarinasJachtárske stredisko mládeže
- 1River beachesMuhi strand
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Sajó in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
24mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Palcmanská Maša Reservoirkm 180.6km²
- Ružínkm 96 · 54 m deep2.0km²
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Mountains at the source (24)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Kráľova hoľa9.1 km away1,946m
- Stredná hoľa12 km away1,876m
- Orlová13 km away1,840m
- Bartková14 km away1,790m
- Kráľova skala7.4 km away1,690m
- Stolica7.2 km away1,476m
- Úplaz9.7 km away1,555m
- Kohút12 km away1,409m
16 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Sajó in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Tisza
Serbia966 km800 m³/sTributaries (15)
Also: Bodva, Rimava, Szinva, Turiec, Muráň, Štítnik, Dobšinský potok, Hangony Stream, Bán Stream, Takta, Lapša, Rožňavský potok, Súľovský potok, Kaloša
Romania
Croatia
Germany
Moldova
AustriaNearby
Rivers nearby
Hungary286 km31 m³/s8 km awayBodrogHungary67 km120 m³/s32 km awaySomeșHungary418 km120 m³/s94 km awayLatoricaSlovakia182 km37 m³/s79 km awayLaborecSlovakia129 km540 m³/s79 km awayOndavaSlovakia146 km21 m³/s79 km awayUzh RiverSlovakia127 km33 m³/s99 km awayCrișul Repede RiverHungary209 km19 m³/s113 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q576032) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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