The Kysuca ( hu, Kiszuca) is a

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in northern

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. It is a right

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to the

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. The river gives name to the informal Kysuce region. It is long and its basin size is . Its source is near the village of Makov. At first, the river flows in northeastern direction, where it flows around

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on the right and Kysucké Beskydy mountains on the left side, passing through the town of Turzovka until the town of Čadca, where it turns south, between Javorníky on the right and Kysucká vrchovina mountains on the left side, passing Horelica,

Krásno nad Kysucou Krásno nad Kysucou ( hu, Karásznó) is a town in the Čadca District, Žilina Region, north-western Slovakia. Krásno nad Kysucou is the youngest town in Slovakia (it gained the statute of town on the 1. September 2001). It is an industrial town ...

Kysucké Nové Mesto Kysucké Nové Mesto (german: Kischützneustadt / ''Oberneustadl''; hu, Kiszucaújhely) is a town in Žilina Region, Slovakia, near the city of Žilina. History The first signs of settlement In 1976 lumps of burnt clay and ceramics were found u ...

until it flows into the Váh in

Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of S ...

. In the valley of Kysuca south of Čadca, a railway and an international road (currently E75, in the future D3) passes through it.

Etymology

The etymology is unclear, potentially related to the ancient name ''Cusus''. In ancient times, it could be believed that the Kysuca is the mainstream of the

Váh The Váh (; german: Waag, ; hu, Vág; pl, WagWag
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(Cusus). Alternatively ''Cusus'' was exclusively the name of the Kysuca. Kysuca river in Čadca (winter)

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