Topľa

Topľa is a river in eastern Slovakia and right tributary of the Ondava. It is long and its basin covers an area of. It rises in the Čergov mountains, flows through Ondava Highlands, Beskidian Piedmont, Slovak Hills">Slovak language">Slovak Hills and Eastern Slovak Flat and flows into the Ondava in the cadastral area of Parchovany. It flows through the towns of Bardejov, Giraltovce, Hanušovce nad Topľou and Vranov nad Topľou.

Etymology

The name come from Slavic Teplá: warm. The name was adopted by Hungarians and then it was adopted back by Slovaks, probably in the 13th century.