Vișeu (river)

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Vișeu
The Vișeu in Romania

The Vișeu in Romania

Data
location Romania
River system Danube
Drain over Tisza  → Danube  → Black Sea
source Rodna Mountains
Source height 1409  m
muzzle Tisza near Valea Vișeului Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '45 "  N , 24 ° 8' 44"  E 47 ° 54 '45 "  N , 24 ° 8' 44"  E
Mouth height 330  m
Height difference 1079 m
Bottom slope 14 ‰
length 77 km
Left tributaries Vișeuț, Fântâna, Negoescu Mare, Râul Repede, Pietrosu, Viemeșu, Valea Hotarului, Dragoș, Izvorul Negru, Bocicoel, Spânu, Mârza, Plăiuțul, Valea Neagră, Luhei
Right tributaries Cercănelul, Tâșla, Vaser, Valea Vinului, Valea Morii, Ruscova, Frumușeaua, Bistra, Runcu Mare
Navigable No

The Vişeu (German Wischau , Hungarian Visó ) is an approx. 70 km long left tributary of the Tisza in the Romanian Maramureş district .

course

The river has its source in the Rodna Mountains in northern Romania and flows through the following places in a north-westerly direction: Borşa , Moisei , Vişeu de Sus , Vişeu de Jos , Leordina , Petrova and Bistra . The Wischau Valley ( Valea Vișeu ) is named after the river.

In Valea Vişeului , on the border with Ukraine, it flows into the Tisza.

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