Crişul Negru River
| Crișul Negru | |
| Fekete-Körös | |
| River | |
| Countries | Romania, Hungary |
|---|---|
| Counties | Bihor County, Arad County Békés County |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Teuz |
| - right | Holod |
| Towns | Beiuș, Sarkad |
| Source | confluence of headwaters Crișul Poienii and Crișul Băiței |
| - location | Apuseni Mountains |
| - elevation | 1,460 m (4,790 ft) |
| Mouth | Körös (Criş) |
| - location | near Gyula, Hungary |
| - coordinates | 46°42′1″N 21°16′9″E / 46.70028°N 21.26917°ECoordinates: 46°42′1″N 21°16′9″E / 46.70028°N 21.26917°E |
| Length | 168 km (104 mi) |
| Basin | 4,450 km2 (1,718 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Zerind |
| - average | 31.40 m3/s (1,109 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 648 m3/s (22,884 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 0.47 m3/s (17 cu ft/s) |
| Progression | Körös→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Crișul Negru (Romanian), (Hungarian: Fekete-Körös) is a river in western Romania (Transylvania) and south-eastern Hungary (Békés county). The river starts at the confluence of headwaters Crișul Poienii and Crișul Băiței in the western Apuseni Mountains. It flows through the towns Ștei and Beiuș in Romania. One its tributaries is the small Roșia River. Crossing the border of Hungary the river, now called Fekete-Körös, joins the Fehér-Körös a few kilometres north from Gyula to form the Körös river. Part of the water from the river Crișul Repede is diverted towards the Crișul Negru by the Criș Collector Canal.
The name of this river comes from earlier Dacian Krísos, which meant "black", making this a doublet (cf. Bulg čer "black", Old Church Slavonic čǐrnǔ, Old Prussian kirsnan, Albanian sorrë "raven") with Romanian negru "black".
The following towns and villages are situated along the Crișul Negru, from source to mouth: Vașcău (on Crișul Poienii), Ștei, Rieni, Drăgăneşti, Oradea, Tărcaia, Beiuș, Șuncuiuș, Uileacu de Beiuș, Șoimi, Căpâlna, Tinca, Batăr, Avram Iancu, Zerind in Romania, and Sarkad in Hungary.
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