Tisza
river in Europe
The Tisza is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It starts in Ukraine, with the White Tisza in the Chornohora and Black Tisza in the Gorgany range, and flows partially along the Romanian border. It then enters Hungary at Tiszabecs and passes through Hungary touching the border with Slovakia. It then into the Danube in central Vojvodina in Serbia. The Tisza drains an area of about 157,186 km².
Tisza River | |
Polish: Cisa Romanian: Tisa Rusyn: Тиса Ukrainian: Тиса Slovak: Tisa Serbian: Тиса | |
River | |
Countries | Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia |
---|---|
Tributaries | |
- left | Someş, Körös, Mureş |
- right | Bodrog |
Towns | Sighetu Marmaţiei, Khust, Szolnok, Szeged, Bečej |
Source | |
- location | Eastern Carpathians, Ukraine |
- elevation | 2,020 m (6,627 ft) |
Mouth | Danube |
- location | Downstream of Novi Sad, Serbia |
Length | 1,358 km (844 mi) |
Basin | 157,183 km² (60,689 sq mi) |
Discharge | mouth |
- average | 814 m³/s (28,746 cu ft/s) |
Map of the Tisza and southern part of the Danube
|
Names for the river in the countries it flows through are:
TributariesEdit
- Čik (near Bačko Petrovo Selo)
- Jegrička (near Žabalj)
- Begej (near Titel)
- Mureş (in Szeged)
- Arieş (near Gura Arieşului)
- Târnava (near Teiuş)
- Târnava Mare (in Blaj)
- Târnava Mică (in Blaj)
- Körös (near Csongrád)
- Crişul Repede River (near Gyoma)
- Crişul Alb (near Gyula)
- Crişul Negru (near Gyula)
- Zagyva (in Szolnok)
- Sajó (in Tiszaújváros)
- Bodrog (in Tokaj)
- Crasna (in Vásárosnamény)
- Someş (near Vásárosnamény)
- Someşul Mic (in Dej)
- Someşul Cald (in Gilău)
- Someşul Rece (in Gilău)
- Someşul Mare (in Dej)
- Someşul Mic (in Dej)
- Tur
- Batár
- Şugătag
- Baia
- Şaroş
- Săpânţa
- Valea Hotarului
- Bicu
- Sarasău
- Valea Iepei
- Iza
- Vişeu
SourcesEdit
- Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
- Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
Other websitesEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tisza. |