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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
Longest rivers. Major rivers of Romania Hydrographical map of Romania. The length and drainage area represent only the part of the river within Romania. [1]
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.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Romania river stubs (7 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Romania"
With an area of 238,397 km 2 (92,046 sq mi), Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe.It is a country located at the crossroads of Eastern and Southeast Europe. It's bordered on the Black Sea, the country is halfway between the equator and the North Pole and equidistant from the westernmost part of Europe—the Atlantic Coast—and the most easterly—the Ural Mountains.
The Argeș (Romanian pronunciation: ⓘ) is a river in Southern Romania, a left tributary of the Danube. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is 350 km (220 mi) long, and its basin area is 12,550 km 2 (4,850 sq mi). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its source is in the Făgăraș Mountains , in the Southern Carpathians and it flows into the Danube at Oltenița .
Bridge over Bega (Begej) river near Žitište Bega (Begej) between Klek, Zrenjanin and Žitište in Serbia. The Bega or Begej (Romanian: Bega; Serbian: Бегеј / Begej; German: Bega; Hungarian: Béga, formerly Kistemes), is a 244 km (152 mile) long river in Romania (169 km; 105 mi.) and Serbia (75 km; 47 mi.).
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.