Galga

Galga is a right tributary of the river Zagyva in the Cserhát mountains and the Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary.^[1] It originates at Becske, Nógrád County, at the Hill Szandai. The end of the river is at Jászfényszaru, where it flows into the Zagyva.

Galga
Location
Country	Hungary
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cserhát mountains near Becske
Mouth
• location	Zagyva (near Jászfényszaru)
• coordinates	47°33′08″N 19°42′57″E / 47.5523°N 19.7159°E / 47.5523; 19.7159
Length	58 km (36 mi)
Basin size	568 km2 (219 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	0.6 m3/s (21 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Zagyva→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea

Because of the major disasters caused by the river in the 1970s, it became regulated by the Aszód-based GAVIT, which is responsible for Galga and all of the streams flowing into the river.