The Marcal is a right tributary of the

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which rises near

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in the

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region of western

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. The river flows north and reaches

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on the Little Hungarian Plain. It follows a path similar to the Rába, and in many places the two rivers are only a kilometer apart. The two rivers meet at

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Other

In October 2010, the Marcal was contaminated in a chemical spill by

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and temporarily suffered massive loss of aquatic life from which it has since recovered.

References

External links

Marcal River website
(in Hungarian) Rivers of Hungary {{Hungary-river-stub