ORAVA / Árva RIVER is a right-side tributary of the Váh. It has two major headstreams: Čierna Orava (Black Orava) rises in the Bór marshes in the vicinity of Piekielnik and Jablonka and flows southwest; Biela Orava (White Orava) rises in the Oravská Magura close to the western border of Orava County. Biela Orava flows eastward and enters the storage lake Oravská priehrada. In the past, it joined Čierna Orava between Námestovo and Ústie, which is laid under water today. United the Orava then bends south-west between the Oravská Magura and the Chočské vrchy to join the Váh at Kral'ovany village.

Bibliography: Kubinyi 1891, Lovcsányi, Pechány