Watercourse

VN Považská Teplá

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fishing district length
1.5km
region
Trenčín Region
Aerial image of watercourse VN Považská Teplá with the line highlighted
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Average of the watercourse's fishing districts

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The number in the header is an estimate for the middle of the watercourse based on weather and measurements. The average of the fishing districts also counts satellite data, shading and geology of each district.

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VN Považská Teplá, window score 24.

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    Elevation profile: reservoir

    Terrain height along the fishing district and the approximate water level.

    Reservoir This is a reservoir, so the watercourse is not assessed here: the water has no current, fall or gradient. The chart shows the terrain height along the fishing district.

    2822832842852862870.0 km0.5 km1.0 km
    Terrain elevation profile (Reservoir): from 286 to 282 m a.s.l. over 1.5 km.
    Terrain height along the fishing district line, from the start (left) to the end
    Approximate water level
    283 m a.s.l.
    Lowest point of the profile
    283 m a.s.l.
    Highest point of the profile
    286 m a.s.l.

    Source: Open Topo Data (eudem25m), 4 Nov 2026. The height is approximate (error of a few metres).

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    Historical images

    Changes in the surroundings and nature from 2018 to 2024: how the banks, vegetation and landscape around the water change. The images switch automatically; you can also browse them by hand.

    Aerial image of watercourse VN Považská Teplá from 2018
    2018imaged 13 Sep 2018
    Aerial image of watercourse VN Považská Teplá from 2021
    2021imaged 7 Jul 2021
    Aerial image of watercourse VN Považská Teplá from 2024
    2024imaged 23 Aug 2024

    Orthophoto mosaic of Slovakia © GKÚ Bratislava, NLC Zvolen. The year and day of imaging depend on the location, so individual years may differ in season and weather.

    Water pollution on the VN Považská Teplá watercourse

    Water quality according to SHMÚ, wastewater treatment plants near the fishing districts and groundwater nearby

    Groundwater: measured valuestypical value from stations within 10 km, 2025

    0 of 1 fishing district with measurements has groundwater nearby with a value above the limit for at least one indicator.

    Source: SHMÚ (yearbooks on surface and groundwater quality), the register of wastewater treatment plants from VÚVH and the EEA. A SHMÚ site is assigned to a fishing district by the same watercourse name and by distance; the yearbook lists the sites that failed the standard, so a missing site is not proof of clean water.

    Geology and geochemistry of the VN Považská Teplá stream

    Metals and gold in river sediments and water, old mine workings and deposits, boreholes with archive reports, geothermal energy, environmental burdens and landslides around the stream

    The overview is based on public registers and atlases of the State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr. The search covers a zone around the water of all fishing districts of the stream (2 km of line in total): stream samples within 1 km, boreholes, mine workings and burdens within 3 km, ore occurrences within 5 km, geothermal sources within 10 km.

    Rock under the water

    River alluvium100% of the water line

    Gravelly and sandy bottom and floodplains; the water is replenished from groundwater in the alluvium. Geological Map of Slovakia 1:50,000.

    510

    Water according to the atlas

    pH 8.1modelled estimate

    water type Ca–Mg–HCO₃

    Mineralisation 458 mg/l, hard water (15.8 °dH). Interpolation of measurements from the Geochemical Atlas of Slovakia, not a measurement in the stream.

    Elements in river sediment

    1 from 15elements in the top 10 %

    highest: Chromium 137 mg/kg

    Position of the highest-ranked element among the sample points on streams in Slovakia: percentile 92. Interpolation of the Geochemical Atlas of river sediments.

    1 km2 km35 °C55 °C

    Heat underfoot

    35°C at 1,000 m depth

    heat flow 55 mW/m²

    At a depth of 2,000 m about 55 °C (increase of 20 °C per kilometre). Atlas of Geothermal Energy of Slovakia.

    20200

    Natural gamma radiation

    50nGy/h dose rate

    percentile 43 in Slovakia

    Natural background from rocks and soil (potassium, uranium, thorium), not a value measured at the water. Airborne gamma-ray spectrometry by ŠGÚDŠ.

    Old mine workings

    0objects within 3 km

    No old mine working is recorded within 3 km of the water.

    Gold in river sediment

    0samples with gold

    No gold was found in river sediment samples within 1 km of the water. The samples do not cover every stream, so this does not mean there is no gold here.

    Trace elements in the stream water

    0 from 9indicators in the top 5 %

    highest: Strontium 570 μg/l

    Position of the highest measured value in the distribution of all surface water samples in Slovakia: percentile 93 (Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140).

    Boreholes and groundwater analyses

    345boreholes within 3 km

    197 water analyses nearby

    Of these, 345 have an archive report from Geofond. The boreholes are hydrogeological, geological, engineering-geological and other.

    Geothermal energy

    –

    7 geothermal and mineral water springs within 10 km.

    Environmental burdens and landfills

    4sites within 3 km

    4 landfills

    No environmental burden is registered within 3 km; landfills are only recorded.

    Deposits and ore occurrences

    5records within 5 km

    5 ore occurrences

    Geofond registers, the metallogenetic map and the mineral resources map.

    Landslides and slope deformations

    44areas within 3 km

    6 active

    Documented landslides in the Geofond register. A landslide into a stream can cloud the water and change the bed.

    Geological structure beneath the water

    Which rock lies beneath the water line (Geological Map of Slovakia 1:50,000), how old it is, how thick the Quaternary cover is and in which tectonic unit the water flows. The bedrock decides the hardness of the water, the bottom, the turbidity after rain and the abundance of springs.

    The points follow the water line (for a stream and a basin, fishing district after fishing district). The strip is a cross-section by distance, not a map; the width of a section corresponds to the number of points.

    • River alluvium100%SR 72 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    River alluvium: Gravelly and sandy bottom and floodplains; the water is replenished from groundwater in the alluvium.

    Geological age of the rocks

    • Quaternary100%

    Most common rock units

    SystemAgeUnitPoints
    QuaternaryHolocenefluvial sediments: lithofacial undivided alluvial clays, or sandy to gravelly clays of valleys and floodplains2×

    Quaternary cover

    • fluvial sediments of floodplains100%SR 68 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    • Typical thickness of the Quaternary cover3.5m
    • 2 – 5100%SR 48 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Neotectonic units

    • negative unit (intermountain basins)100%SR 14 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Direction of neotectonic movements

    • very small subsidence100%SR 7.3 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Regional geological division

    • core mountains100%SR 11 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Regional geological division (subunits)

    • Strážov Mountains100%SR 1.9 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Engineering-geological districts

    • region of mountain-stream deposits100%SR 21 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Engineering-geological formations

    • formation of Quaternary sediments100%SR 71 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Susceptibility of the area to slope deformations

    • Region of stable areas100%SR 95 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    The map covers 2 of 2 points on the water line.

    Hydrogeology: aquifers and groundwater

    Streams and rivers are fed by groundwater. Hydrogeological maps show in which rocks the water is stored, how permeable they are and what the water in them is like. The data come from ŠGÚDŠ maps, not from measurements at a particular water.

    Aquifer rocks (hydrogeological map 1:200,000)

    • Gravel100%SR 52 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Aquifer type

    • Zvodnence s prevažne medzizrnovým typom priepustnosti (prevažne nespevnené sedimenty) (Gravel; Fluviálne)100%SR 27 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Surface water chemistry according to the atlas

    Modelled composition of the water in the area the fishing district line runs through. The rasters of the Geochemical Atlas of Slovakia (surface waters) are an interpolation of measurements in sampled streams, so they show the typical background of the area, not a measurement in a particular stream.

    510

    Water acidity

    pH 8.13typical range

    Most rivers and streams in Slovakia have a pH of 6.5 to 8.5. More acidic water is found in streams on acidic rocks (granites, quartzites), more alkaline water near limestones.

    Water hardness

    15.8°dH, hard

    Sum of calcium and magnesium (2.82 mmol/l). Hard water is buffered and its pH changes more slowly; soft water is more sensitive to acid rain.

    Dissolved substances

    458mg/l mineralisation

    Total amount of dissolved minerals. Clean mountain water has tens of mg/l, lowland and limestone waters hundreds.

    Ionic composition of the water

    Water type by dominant ions: Ca–Mg–HCO₃

    Shares are in equivalents, the usual way of comparing the composition of waters.

    Major ions

    • BicarbonatesHCO3295 mg/lpercentile 75
    • CalciumCa82.6 mg/lpercentile 72
    • MagnesiumMg18.3 mg/lpercentile 61
    • PotassiumK2.88 mg/lpercentile 48
    • SulphatesSO435.6 mg/lpercentile 43
    • ChloridesCl6.39 mg/lpercentile 42
    • SodiumNa5.79 mg/lpercentile 33
    • FluoridesF0.0776 mg/lpercentile 28

    dot: average along the water line, line: from the lowest to the highest value, scale: position among sample points on streams in Slovakia (0 to 100th percentile)

    Nutrients and organic pollution

    • AmmoniumNH40.217 mg/lpercentile 70
    • Chemical oxygen demandChSK3.94 mg/lpercentile 66
    • NitratesNO36.86 mg/lpercentile 55
    • PhosphatesPO40.0861 mg/lpercentile 40

    Metals

    • IronFe0.480 mg/lpercentile 92
    • AluminiumAl198 μg/lpercentile 79
    • ManganeseMn52.9 μg/lpercentile 64
    • ZincZn6.94 μg/lpercentile 51

    Elements in river sediments

    The Geochemical Atlas of Slovakia (river sediments) describes what the river carries in the fine material on its bed. Sediment collects metals from rocks, ore occurrences and past mining and industry. It is not a legal limit or a health risk assessment: it shows how an element on this stream ranks among streams in Slovakia.

    Potentially toxic and trace elements

    • ChromiumCr137 mg/kgpercentile 92
    • BismuthBi0.443 mg/kgpercentile 87
    • MercuryHg0.171 mg/kgpercentile 70
    • NickelNi29.5 mg/kgpercentile 69
    • CadmiumCd0.253 mg/kgpercentile 65
    • LeadPb16.7 mg/kgpercentile 56
    • CopperCu24.8 mg/kgpercentile 55
    • AntimonySb0.666 mg/kgpercentile 52
    • ZincZn98.5 mg/kgpercentile 52
    • ArsenicAs6.30 mg/kgpercentile 46
    • CobaltCo7.89 mg/kgpercentile 41
    • SeleniumSe0.165 mg/kgpercentile 28
    • VanadiumV57.9 mg/kgpercentile 24
    • MolybdenumMo0.233 mg/kgpercentile 21
    • TinSn1.90 mg/kgpercentile 17

    dot: average along the water line, line: from the lowest to the highest value, scale: position among sample points on streams in Slovakia (0 to 100th percentile)

    Major elements (iron, aluminium, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, titanium, manganese, phosphorus)
    • CalciumCa3.98 %percentile 74
    • MagnesiumMg1.13 %percentile 68
    • PotassiumK1.50 %percentile 48
    • SodiumNa0.848 %percentile 46
    • PhosphorusP742 mg/kgpercentile 36
    • IronFe2.28 %percentile 25
    • TitaniumTi3,798 mg/kgpercentile 24
    • AluminiumAl4.84 %percentile 21
    • ManganeseMn426 mg/kgpercentile 4
    Further elements (barium, strontium, lithium, rubidium, zirconium, yttrium, cerium, boron, beryllium, gallium)
    • BerylliumBe3.13 mg/kgpercentile 95
    • BoronB77.6 mg/kgpercentile 86
    • LithiumLi32.5 mg/kgpercentile 65
    • GalliumGa15.1 mg/kgpercentile 60
    • RubidiumRb83.3 mg/kgpercentile 36
    • CeriumCe55.2 mg/kgpercentile 36
    • ZirconiumZr333 mg/kgpercentile 28
    • StrontiumSr109 mg/kgpercentile 24
    • YttriumY21.7 mg/kgpercentile 21
    • BariumBa359 mg/kgpercentile 20

    Natural radioactivity and radon

    Airborne gamma-ray spectrometry by ŠGÚDŠ measures radiation from potassium, uranium and thorium in rocks and soil. Granites and some acidic volcanic rocks have the highest values, limestones and floodplains the lowest. Caesium-137 is a remnant of fallout from the Chernobyl accident and nuclear weapons tests.

    20200

    Gamma radiation dose rate

    50nGy/h in air

    range 49 to 50 nGy/h

    Natural background from rocks and soil; higher over granites and some acidic volcanic rocks, lower over limestones and floodplains.

    Radon risk of the bedrock

    medium

    Radon is a natural gas from rocks. The risk concerns buildings and cellars, not the water in the stream; it shows what the bedrock is like.

    • Potassium (K)K1.36 %percentile 66
    • Equivalent uranium (eU)eU2.56 ppm46th percentile
    • Equivalent thorium (eTh)eTh6.69 ppm24th percentile

    dot: average along the water line, line: from the lowest to the highest value, scale: position among sample points on streams in Slovakia (0 to 100th percentile)

    • Areal activity of 137CsCS1371,197 Bq/m²percentile 31

    Radon risk by isopleths

    • medium100%SR 64 %

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    Geophysical fields: magnetics and gravity

    Maps of the magnetic field and gravity (ŠGÚDŠ) reveal what lies beneath the sediments and the surface: volcanic bodies, faults and crustal thickness. For an angler they are interesting indirectly: they show where the bedrock changes, and with it the water.

    SVJZ

    Magnetic anomaly

    +18nT

    range 17 to 19 nT

    Deviation of the Earth's magnetic field from its surroundings. Positive and negative anomalies reveal rocks with magnetite (basalts, basic volcanic rocks) and boundaries in the bedrock.

    Bouguer gravity anomaly

    -47mGal

    residual −6.8 mGal

    Negative values lie over thick sediments and under mountains (light crust), positive over dense rocks and thinner crust. It shows the structure of the Earth's crust, not the water.

    Geothermal potential

    The Atlas of Geothermal Energy of Slovakia records rock temperature and heat flow from the Earth's interior. It is the potential of the area, not the actual warmth of the water in the stream. Specific geothermal boreholes and springs near this water are in the geothermal energy section below.

    1 km2 km35 °C55 °C

    Rock temperature with depth

    35 / 55 °Cat depths of 1,000 and 2,000 m

    increase of 20 °C per km

    The line shows the rock temperature; the dotted part is only an extension to the surface. Heat flow 55 mW/m².

    Relief, climate and soils

    A basin is not just water: slope and elevation determine the speed of runoff, climate the temperature and amount of water, and soils what is washed into the stream. The data come from the geomorphological division, climatic-geographical types and soil maps of ŠGÚDŠ.

    • Average January temperature-3.8°C
    • Average July temperature17.8°C
    • Annual precipitation700mm

    Climatic-geographical types

    • basin climate100%SR 29 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Soil contamination (map 1:500,000)

    • uncontaminated soil, the geogenically determined content of some risk elements reaches limit values A100%SR 45 %

    marker on the bar: share among all sample points on streams in Slovakia

    Map of the corridor

    Where the nearest mine workings, deposits, burdens, geothermal boreholes and gold finds are. Groups can be switched off.

    Pri Váhu . – Považská Teplá – permanent (350 m from the water)Vrtižér – Považská Teplá – cannot be estimated (1.2 km from the water)hnojisko – Považská Teplá – occasional (1.2 km from the water)Nad obcou – Podmanín – permanent (2.2 km from the water)a1 (770 m from the water)a1 (1.3 km from the water)a1 (1.7 km from the water)a1 (6.4 km from the water)a1 (6.5 km from the water)a1 (7.4 km from the water)a1 (7.4 km from the water)Považské Podhradie – building stone – sandstone (1.2 km from the water)Štrkopiesky v koryte Váhu, úsek Maršová – Rašov – gravelly sands (1.3 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – brick raw materials – loam (2.4 km from the water)Udiča – ceramic clays (4.1 km from the water)Beňov – building stone – sandstone (4.9 km from the water)Považská Bystrica-Orlové – general geology (2.2 km from the water)Manínska tiesňava – general geology (2.6 km from the water)Klape – general geology (3.8 km from the water)Uhry – general geology (3.9 km from the water)Kostelecká tiesňava – geomorphology (3.9 km from the water)– Landslides (680 m from the water)– Landslides (800 m from the water)– Landslides (910 m from the water)– Landslides (1.0 km from the water)– Landslides (1.0 km from the water)– Landslides (1.1 km from the water)– Landslides (1.2 km from the water)– Landslides (1.2 km from the water)– Landslides (1.2 km from the water)– Landslides (1.3 km from the water)– Landslides (1.3 km from the water)– Landslides (1.4 km from the water)– Landslides (1.4 km from the water)– Landslides (1.5 km from the water)– Landslides (1.5 km from the water)VRTIZER – Landslides (1.7 km from the water)– Landslides (1.8 km from the water)– Landslides (1.9 km from the water)– Landslides (1.9 km from the water)– Landslides (2.0 km from the water)PLEVNIK – Landslides (2.1 km from the water)VRTIZER – Landslides (2.1 km from the water)PODMANIN – Landslides (2.1 km from the water)– Landslides (2.1 km from the water)– Landslides (2.2 km from the water)– Landslides (2.2 km from the water)POVAZSKA TEPLA – Landslides (2.2 km from the water)POVAZSKA BYSTRICA – Landslides (2.2 km from the water)PODMANIN – Rockfalls (2.3 km from the water)– Landslides (2.5 km from the water)PODMANIN – Landslides (2.5 km from the water)– Landslides (2.5 km from the water)– Block fields (2.5 km from the water)– Landslides (2.5 km from the water)POVAZSKA BYSTRICA – Landslides (2.6 km from the water)JASENICA – Landslides (2.6 km from the water)POVAZSKA BYSTRICA – Landslides (2.7 km from the water)POVAZSKA BYSTRICA – Landslides (2.8 km from the water)– Landslides (2.8 km from the water)JASENICA – Landslides (2.9 km from the water)PODMANIN – Block fissures (2.9 km from the water)– Landslides (2.9 km from the water)– Tearing and loosening of the rock massif (2.9 km from the water)UDICA- UHRY – Landslides (3.0 km from the water)Považská Teplá – monitoring borehole (50 m from the water)Považská Teplá – monitoring borehole (60 m from the water)Považská Teplá – monitoring borehole (100 m from the water)Považská Teplá – monitoring borehole (110 m from the water)Považská Teplá – monitoring borehole (110 m from the water)Považská Teplá – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (120 m from the water)Považská Teplá – monitoring borehole (140 m from the water)Považská Teplá – monitoring borehole (160 m from the water)Považská Teplá – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (300 m from the water)Považská Teplá – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (700 m from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (770 m from the water)Považská Bystrica – širokoprofilový vrt (Ø vŕtania nad 600 m (900 m from the water)Považská Teplá – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (990 m from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (1.2 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (1.2 km from the water)Pov.Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (1.2 km from the water)Považské Podhradie – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (1.3 km from the water)Považské Podhradie – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (1.4 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (1.4 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – monitoring borehole (1.5 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – monitoring borehole (1.6 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – monitoring borehole (1.6 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (1.6 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (1.9 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – negative borehole (2.1 km from the water)Plevník-Drienové – monitoring borehole (2.2 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (2.3 km from the water)Považská Bystrica-Považská Teplá – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (2.3 km from the water)Považská Bystrica-Pov.Teplá – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (2.4 km from the water)Manínska úžina – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (2.4 km from the water)Plevník-Drieňové – širokoprofilový vrt (Ø vŕtania nad 600 m (2.4 km from the water)Plevník-Drienové – monitoring borehole (2.5 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (2.7 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (2.7 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (2.7 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – úzkoprofilový vrt s obyčajnou pitnou a ú (2.8 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – širokoprofilový vrt (Ø vŕtania nad 600 m (2.9 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – širokoprofilový vrt (Ø vŕtania nad 600 m (2.9 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – širokoprofilový vrt (Ø vŕtania nad 600 m (2.9 km from the water)Považská Bystrica – širokoprofilový vrt (Ø vŕtania nad 600 m (2.9 km from the water)existujúci hydrogeologický vrt – Hydrogeological boreholes (990 m from the water)prameň sírnej minerálnej vody – Groundwater springs (1.8 km from the water)prameň – Groundwater springs (2.3 km from the water)existujúci hydrogeologický vrt – Hydrogeological boreholes (2.4 km from the water)vodárensky využívaný vrt – Hydrogeological boreholes (2.4 km from the water)vodárensky využívaný a monitorovaný prameň – Groundwater springs (2.4 km from the water)Považská Teplá, 1500m JZ od K454 – well (470 m from the water)Považská Teplá – well (700 m from the water)Považská Teplá – borehole (990 m from the water)Považská Teplá-Vrtizer, 1750m J od K311 – well (1.1 km from the water)Považská Teplá, 1750m JZ od K459 – drainage (1.2 km from the water)Považská Teplá – Pod kyslou vodou – source (1.8 km from the water)Manínska tiesňava – borehole (1.9 km from the water)Považská Teplá, 750m SZ od K349 – source (2.4 km from the water)Plevník – borehole (2.4 km from the water)2 km

    The line is the water of the fishing district, the light band is the 3 km zone in which boreholes, mine workings and burdens were searched for. The map shows the nearest objects (at most a few dozen from each register), not all of them. The points correspond to the position in the register; area objects are marked by their centre.

    Trace elements in surface waters

    Arsenic, antimony, cadmium, lead, copper, zinc and other elements in samples from rivers and streams (Geochemical Atlas of Slovakia, surface waters, 2015). The bar shows where the highest value lies among all samples in Slovakia; the light marker is the median of the samples at this water.

    • StrontiumSrelevated (top 10 %)
      highest 570 μg/lmedian 570 μg/l1 sample

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 93 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • ChromiumCrtypical value
      highest 1.60 μg/lmedian 1.60 μg/l1 sample

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 70 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • CadmiumCdtypical value
      highest 0.190 μg/lmedian 0.190 μg/l1 sample

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 61 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • ArsenicAstypical value
      highest 1.22 μg/lmedian 1.22 μg/l1 sample

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 56 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • SeleniumSebelow half of Slovakia
      highest 0.500 μg/lmedian 0.500 μg/l1 sample100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 46 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • LeadPbbelow half of Slovakia
      highest 2.50 μg/lmedian 2.50 μg/l1 sample100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 43 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • AntimonySbbelow half of Slovakia
      highest 0.500 μg/lmedian 0.500 μg/l1 sample100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 37 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • LithiumLibelow half of Slovakia
      highest 5.00 μg/lmedian 5.00 μg/l1 sample100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 34 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • CopperCubelow half of Slovakia
      highest 1.00 μg/lmedian 1.00 μg/l1 sample100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 22 of all samples in Slovakia.

    Major ions, mineralisation and pH

    Basic water chemistry: which rocks the minerals in it come from.

    • Silicon dioxideSiO2typical value
      highest 16.6 mg/lmedian 16.6 mg/l1 sample

      Highest value: Považská Bystrica – ľavostranný prítok Váhu, nad mestom, 140, 650 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 70 of all samples in Slovakia.

    Groundwater: chemistry, water types and radioactivity

    Hydrogeochemical objects (analyses of springs and boreholes), the geochemical atlas of groundwater (1996) and radiohydrochemical sampling. Groundwater feeds streams, so its composition also affects the water in the stream.

    Chemical water types nearby

    • Ca-HCO35×
    • Ca-Mg-HCO34×

    Water quality class according to the hydrogeochemical map

    • class A4×
    • class B2×
    • class C1×
    • class F1×
    • class G1×

    Metals in groundwater

    • ZincZnhigh (top 5 %)
      highest 2,385 μg/lmedian 7.00 μg/l15 samples7 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: studňa1992, 2.9 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 97 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • CadmiumCdhigh (top 5 %)
      highest 0.600 μg/lmedian 0.250 μg/l15 samples93 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: studňa1992, 2.2 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 95 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • CopperCuelevated (top 10 %)
      highest 4.10 μg/lmedian 0.500 μg/l15 samples

      Highest value: studňa1993, 360 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 91 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • LithiumLielevated (top 10 %)
      highest 33.0 μg/lmedian 8.00 μg/l15 samples

      Highest value: studňa1992, 2.2 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 90 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • LeadPbelevated (top 10 %)
      highest 2.00 μg/lmedian 0.500 μg/l15 samples60 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: studňa1992, 2.6 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 90 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • ArsenicAsslightly elevated
      highest 1.80 μg/lmedian 0.500 μg/l15 samples87 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: studňa1992, 2.2 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 87 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • AluminiumAlslightly elevated
      highest 0.0200 mg/lmedian 0.00500 mg/l15 samples80 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: studňa1993, 360 m from the water. Comparison: percentile 80 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • ChromiumCrslightly elevated
      highest 0.900 μg/lmedian 0.250 μg/l15 samples80 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: prameň1992, 2.4 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 76 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • IronFetypical value
      highest 0.00500 mg/lmedian 0.00500 mg/l9 samples100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: prameň1992, 2.7 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 50 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • MercuryHgbelow half of Slovakia
      highest 0.100 μg/lmedian 0.100 μg/l15 samples100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: prameň1992, 2.7 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 46 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • AntimonySbbelow half of Slovakia
      highest 0.100 μg/lmedian 0.100 μg/l15 samples100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: prameň1992, 2.7 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 40 of all samples in Slovakia.

    • SeleniumSebelow half of Slovakia
      highest 0.500 μg/lmedian 0.500 μg/l15 samples100 % below the limit of quantification

      Highest value: prameň1992, 2.7 km from the water. Comparison: percentile 39 of all samples in Slovakia.

    Radon in waters

    Type of siteSamplesHighest radonMedian
    developed spring213,0 Bq/l12.2 Bq/l
    well325,5 Bq/l2.85 Bq/l
    mineral spring211,0 Bq/l10.1 Bq/l

    Boreholes and Geofond archive reports

    Register of hydrogeological boreholes, other boreholes and geothermal boreholes. Each borehole has a report in the Geofond archive (geological profiles, pumping tests, chemical analyses of the water); the report number is in the table.

    345 boreholes in the 3 km zone, of which 40 hydrogeological and 305 other; with an archive report number 345.

    Borehole depths

    • up to 10 m75×
    • 10–30 m267×
    • 30–100 m2×
    • 100–300 m0×
    • over 300 m0×

    Nearest boreholes

    SiteTypeDepthArchive reportFrom the water
    Považská Teplámonitoring borehole8.0 m86623 97Db72.pdf50 m
    HV-101no specified purpose8.0 m8662350 m
    Považská Teplámonitoring borehole8.5 m86623 97Db77.pdf60 m
    HV-106no specified purpose8.5 m8662360 m
    Považská Teplámonitoring borehole7.0 m86623 97Db78.pdf100 m
    HV-107no specified purpose7.0 m86623100 m
    Považská Teplámonitoring borehole8.0 m86623 97Db73.pdf110 m
    Považská Teplámonitoring borehole7.6 m86623 97Db75.pdf110 m
    HV-102no specified purpose8.0 m86623110 m
    HV-104no specified purpose7.6 m86623110 m
    Považská Teplánarrow-diameter borehole with ordinary drinking and process water10.0 m76780 97Db69.pdf120 m
    Považská Teplámonitoring borehole7.0 m86623 97Db74.pdf140 m

    Geothermal energy and mineral waters

    Geothermal boreholes (wellhead water temperature, yield, chemical type) and sources of geothermal and mineral waters within 10 km. Data on the use and existence of a borehole come from the Geofond register.

    Sources of geothermal and mineral waters

    SourceTypeWater temperature (°C)Yield (l/s)CountNearest from water
    category a1mineral water< 15< 57770 m

    Environmental burdens, landfills and anthropogenic sediments

    Recorded environmental burdens (industrial sites, landfills, mining), the register of waste landfills and monitoring of anthropogenic sediments (industrial sludge). It is a list of places, not a measurement of water pollution.

    Waste landfills

    LandfillAreaYear establishedMonitoringFrom the water
    Pri Váhu . – Považská Teplá200 m²1975–350 m
    Vrtižér – Považská Teplá–1985–1.2 km
    manure heap – Považská Teplá–1985–1.2 km
    Nad obcou – Podmanín120 m²1975–2.2 km

    Landslides and slope deformations

    Register of documented slope deformations (Geofond). Landslides by a stream can bring fine material into the water, change the bed and dam the channel.

    Types of deformations

    • Landslides40×
    • Block fissures1×
    • Rockfalls1×
    • Tearing and loosening of the rock massif1×
    • Block fields1×

    Degree of activity

    • Stabilizovaný20×
    • Potenciálny18×
    • Aktívny5×
    • With potential and active forms1×

    Current state

    • Processed only in the scope of registration on a scale of 1:25,00013×
    • Insufficiently documented2×

    How to read these data

    • Zone and distance. The distance is measured from the line of the water to the point in the register (to the centre for areas), with an accuracy of tens of metres. Counts apply only to the zone, not to the whole catchment.
    • Percentile. For chemistry, the highest value is compared with all atlas samples in Slovakia. It is not a legal limit or a health risk assessment; the atlases are historical (published: surface waters 2015, groundwater 1996, river sediments 1999).
    • Limit of quantification. Many samples have a value at the lowest level the laboratory can determine; such results mean "below the limit". For these, the position in the distribution is an estimate.
    • Šlichy. Only samples with a find are recorded. The number of grains in a concentrate is not the gold content in grams per tonne.
    • Relation to water. A mine working, landfill or burden nearby proves nothing about the quality of the water in the stream. It serves as a prompt for attention and a starting point for further investigation.
    • Sample points. The area and raster maps of ŠGÚDŠ cannot be downloaded as points, so along the line of each fishing district the value is looked up at points roughly every 3 km. It is a sample of the line, not a continuous record; a very short section may have a single point.
    • Atlas rasters. The chemistry of water and sediments is an interpolation of measurements in a sampling network (Geochemical Atlas of Slovakia). The value at a point is a modelled estimate for the surroundings, not a measurement in the water. The percentile compares the average of this stream with all sample points on streams in Slovakia.
    • Positions and scales. The maps have different scales (1:50,000 to 1:1,000,000), so the level of detail differs between sections. A map outside its coverage means there is no area at that point, not that there is nothing there.

    Data: © ŠGÚDŠ (https://www.geology.sk), downloaded 8 Nov 2026. Details in the Methodology.

    Organizations and location

    Who manages the fishing districts and where they are

    Organizations on the watercoursewho manages the fishing districts and what the conditions are there today

    1. Považská Bystrica1 fishing district · 1.5 km14VN Považská Teplá14

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