Mureș (river)

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Mureș / Maros
Mieresch, Marosch
The Mureș near Arad

The Mureș near Arad

Data
location Districts of Harghita , Mureș , Alba , Hunedoara , Arad ( Romania ),
Hungary
River system Danube
Drain over Tisza  → Danube  → Black Sea
source in the Eastern Carpathians in Harghita County
46 ° 36 ′ 55 ″  N , 25 ° 37 ′ 2 ″  E
Source height 850  m
muzzle Tisza near Szeged Coordinates: 46 ° 15 ′ 6 ″  N , 20 ° 11 ′ 39 ″  E 46 ° 15 ′ 6 ″  N , 20 ° 11 ′ 39 ″  E
Mouth height 75  m
Height difference 775 m
Bottom slope 1 ‰
length 761 km, 0on Romanian territory 
(according to other sources 883 km)
Catchment area 27,832 km²
Discharge at the Arad gauge MQ
 177 m³ / s
Left tributaries Târnava , Sebeş , Strei
Right tributaries Arieș , Geoagiu , Ampoi
Big cities Arad , Târgu Mureș , Szeged
The Mureș in Romania and Hungary

The Mureș in Romania and Hungary

The Mureș ( German  Mieresch or Marosch ; Hungarian Maros ; in ancient times, Greek Μάρισος Marisos or Μάρις Maris , Latin Marisus ) is a river in Romania and Hungary with a length of 761 kilometers (on Romanian territory). It rises at an altitude of 850  m above sea level in the Eastern Carpathians in Harghita County (on the northern slope of the Harghita Mountains on the Tincan Pass ) and then crosses the Mureș County of the same name .

The left Tisza tributary flows through the country in a south-westerly direction. At the border between the Mureș, Alba and Cluj districts , it takes the Arieș ( Aranyos in Hungarian ) from the right and the Kokel ( Târnava in Romanian , Küküllő in Hungarian ) from the left 13 km northeast of Alba Iulia , and enters a plain near Arad where it It forms swamps and flows into the Tisza at Szeged . The lower course is the border river between Hungary and Romania for around 15 kilometers. The river has a catchment area of 27,832 km² in Romania and a water flow of 177 m³ / s in Arad.

The mouth of the Mieresch (right) into the Tisza near Szeged

Places on the Mureș

  • Aiud (German Strasbourg am Mieresch , Hungarian Nagyenyed )
  • Alba Iulia (German Karlsburg , Hungarian Gyulafehérvár )
  • Arad
  • Cenad (German Tschanad , Hungarian Csanád )
  • Deva (German Diemrich , Hungarian Déva )
  • Geoagiu (German Gergesdorf , Hungarian Algyógy )
  • Lipova (German Lippa , Hungarian Lippa )
  • Luduș (German Ludasch , Hungarian Marosludas )
  • Makó (German Makowa )
  • Nădlac (German Nadlak , Hungarian Nagylak )
  • Ocna Mureș (German Miereschhall , Hungarian Marosújvár )
  • Reghin (German: Saxon Regen , Hungarian: Szászrégen )
  • Târgu Mureș (German Neumarkt am Mieresch , Hungarian Marosvásárhely )
  • Toplița (German Töplitz , Hungarian Maroshévíz )
  • Zam (German Sameschdorf , Hungarian Zám )

Tributaries of the Mureș

Web links

Commons : Mureș  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Hydrological information for the Mureş catchment area ( Memento from May 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Administraţia Bazinală de Mures APA. (PDF; 1.6 MB) Retrieved August 20, 2020 (Romanian).
  2. ↑ Article Муреш (река) in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D079105~2a%3D%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%20%28%D1%80%D0%B5%D0% BA% D0% B0% 29 ~ 2b% 3D% D0% 9C% D1% 83% D1% 80% D0% B5% D1% 88% 20% 28% D1% 80% D0% B5% D0% BA% D0% B0% 29
  3. ↑ Information on the Apele Române website accessed on August 20, 2020 (Romanian).