Zala

The Zala is a river in south-western . Its source is in the hills northwest of Szalafő near the borders with and . The 139 kilometres long Zala drains an area of 2,622 km.
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river in Hungary
  • Also known as: “Rio Zala”, “Szala”, and “Zala-folyó”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Balatonszentgyörgy railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Ppntori, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balatonszentgyörgy and Főnyed.

Village
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is a village in county, .

Village
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is a village in county, .

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 20,895 inhabitants located on the western shore of .

Zala

Latitude
46.69687° or 46° 41′ 49″ north
Longitude
17.2581° or 17° 15′ 29″ east
Elevation
105 metres (344 feet)
Open location code
8FRVM7W5+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 165660269
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
3042648
Wiki­data ID
Q144928
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Zala” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Zala”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zala çayı”
  • Bavarian: “Zala”
  • Catalan: “riu Zala”
  • Catalan: “Riu Zala”
  • Cebuano: “Zala”
  • Chinese: “佐洛河”
  • Chuvash: “Зала”
  • Croatian: “Zala”
  • Czech: “Zala”
  • Dutch: “Zala”
  • Esperanto: “Zala”
  • French: “Zala”
  • German: “Salla”
  • German: “Zala”
  • Greek: “Ζάλα”
  • Hungarian: “Zala”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Zala”
  • Irish: “Zala”
  • Italian: “Zala”
  • Japanese: “ザラ川”
  • Korean: “절러강”
  • Latvian: “Zala”
  • Lithuanian: “Zala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zala”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Zala”
  • Norwegian: “Zala”
  • Persian: “زالا”
  • Polish: “Zala”
  • Russian: “Зала”
  • Serbian: “Зала”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zala”
  • Slovak: “Zala”
  • Slovenian: “Zala”
  • Spanish: “Río Zala”
  • Swedish: “Zala”
  • Turkish: “Zala Nehri”
  • Udmurt: “Зала”
  • Ukrainian: “Зала (річка)”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Zala”
  • Wu Chinese: “佐洛河”
  • “Zala”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Diás-sziget and Battyánpuszta.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kayak harbor and Kis-Balaton Látogatóközpont.

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