Arieșul Mare | |
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Location | |
Country | Romania |
Counties | Alba County |
Villages | Arieșeni, Scărișoara, Albac |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Vârtopul |
• location | Bihor Mountains |
• coordinates | 46°30′23″N 22°40′53″E / 46.50639°N 22.68139°E |
• elevation | 1,260 m (4,130 ft) |
Mouth | Arieș |
• location | Lake Mihoești near Câmpeni |
• coordinates | 46°22′20″N 23°01′01″E / 46.37222°N 23.01694°E |
• elevation | 570 m (1,870 ft) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Arieș→ Mureș→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Gârda Seacă, Albac |
• right | Neagra |
The Arieșul Mare ( Hungarian: Nagy-Aranyos) is a river in the Apuseni Mountains, Alba County, western Romania. It is the left headwater of the river Arieș. [1] [2] It flows through the villages Arieșeni, Gârda de Sus, Scărișoara, Albac and Vadu Moților, and joins the Arieșul Mic (the other headwater) in Mihoești near Câmpeni. [3] Its length is about 43 km (27 mi) and its basin size is about 400 km2 (150 sq mi). [2]
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Arieșul Mare (from source to mouth): [2]
Arieșul Mare | |
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Location | |
Country | Romania |
Counties | Alba County |
Villages | Arieșeni, Scărișoara, Albac |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Vârtopul |
• location | Bihor Mountains |
• coordinates | 46°30′23″N 22°40′53″E / 46.50639°N 22.68139°E |
• elevation | 1,260 m (4,130 ft) |
Mouth | Arieș |
• location | Lake Mihoești near Câmpeni |
• coordinates | 46°22′20″N 23°01′01″E / 46.37222°N 23.01694°E |
• elevation | 570 m (1,870 ft) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Arieș→ Mureș→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Gârda Seacă, Albac |
• right | Neagra |
The Arieșul Mare ( Hungarian: Nagy-Aranyos) is a river in the Apuseni Mountains, Alba County, western Romania. It is the left headwater of the river Arieș. [1] [2] It flows through the villages Arieșeni, Gârda de Sus, Scărișoara, Albac and Vadu Moților, and joins the Arieșul Mic (the other headwater) in Mihoești near Câmpeni. [3] Its length is about 43 km (27 mi) and its basin size is about 400 km2 (150 sq mi). [2]
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Arieșul Mare (from source to mouth): [2]