Târnava (river)

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Târnava
Kokel
Küküllő
The Târnava in Romania

The Târnava in Romania

Data
location Transylvania ( Romania )
River system Danube
Drain over Mureș  → Tisza  → Danube  → Black Sea
confluence from Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică at Blaj
46 ° 10 ′ 15 ″  N , 23 ° 53 ′ 32 ″  E
muzzle at Mihalț in the Mureș coordinates: 46 ° 9 '17 "  N , 23 ° 41' 56"  E 46 ° 9 '17 "  N , 23 ° 41' 56"  E

length 23 km 0(246 km with Târnava Mare )
Catchment area 6253 km²
Left tributaries Secaș
Right tributaries Șoimuș
Small towns Blaj
Communities Crăciunelu de Jos , Mihalț

The river Târnava (German Kokel , Hungarian Küküllő , Transylvanian-Saxon Keakel or Kakel ) is the longest tributary of the Mureș (Mieresch) with 246 kilometers . In the Transylvanian Basin in the Kokel Valley , the Târnava is fed by the rivers Târnava Mare (Big Kokel) and Târnava Mică (Little Kokel) , and flow together at Blaj (Bubble Village) . The Târnava flows into the Mureș after 23 kilometers at Mihalț . Mediaș (Mediasch) is one of the most important cities on the Kokel .

literature

  • Topographic map: Medias and the Kokelland. Schiller, Hermannstadt / Bonn 2009.
  • Hansotto Drotloff, Günter E. Schuster (Ed.): Mediasch. A historical foray through the Transylvanian-Saxon city on the Kokel . Schiller, Sibiu (Hermannstadt) / Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-941271-15-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Administraţia Bazinală de Mures APA. (PDF; 1.6 MB) Retrieved August 20, 2020 (Romanian).