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1 Longest rivers. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... The length and drainage area represent only the part of the river within Romania. [1] River name
The Olt (Romanian and Hungarian; German: Alt; Latin: Aluta or Alutus, Turkish: Oltu, Ancient Greek: Ἄλυτος Alytos) is a river in Romania. [1] [2] It is 615 km (382 mi) long, and its basin area is 24,050 km 2 (9,290 sq mi). [2] [3] It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
In particular, there seems to exist disagreement as to whether the Nile [3] or the Amazon [4] is the world's longest river. The Nile has traditionally been considered longer, but in 2007 and 2008 some scientists claimed that the Amazon is longer [5] [6] [7] by measuring the river plus the adjacent Pará estuary and the longest connecting tidal ...
Map of most important tributaries of the Danube. This is a list of tributaries of the Danube by order of entrance.. The Danube is Europe's second-longest river.It starts in the Black Forest in Germany as two smaller rivers—the Brigach and the Breg—which join at Donaueschingen, and it is from here that it is known as the Danube, flowing generally eastwards for a distance of some 2,850 km ...
River: Tributary of: Daia: Homorodul Mare Daia: Secaș Dâlga: Oporelu Canal, Olt Dălghiu: Buzău Dâlgov: Milcov Dălhăuți: Milcov Dalnic: Râul Negru Dâmbova
The river is known to be first mentioned by Herodotus in 485 BC bearing the name Maris (Μάρις). [5] Strabo calls it Marisos (Μάρισος). [ 6 ] It was known in Latin as the Marisus ; the Mureș is also mentioned, as Morisis (Μορήσης), in a document of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII , in 948 AD.
Pages in category "Rivers of Romania" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,935 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .