Mureș/Maros | |
The Mureș in Arad
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Countries | Romania, Hungary |
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Tributaries | |
- left | Târnava, Sebeș |
- right | Arieș |
Cities | Arad, Târgu Mureș, Szeged |
Source | Carpathian Mountains |
- location | Izvorul Mureșului, Harghita County, Romania |
- elevation | 850 m (2,789 ft) |
- coordinates | 46°36′55″N 25°37′2″E / 46.61528°N 25.61722°E |
Mouth | Tisza |
- location | Szeged, Csongrád County, Hungary |
- elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
- coordinates | 46°15′6″N 20°11′39″E / 46.25167°N 20.19417°ECoordinates: 46°15′6″N 20°11′39″E / 46.25167°N 20.19417°E |
Length | 789 km (490 mi) |
Basin | 30,332 km2 (11,711 sq mi) |
Discharge | for Makó |
- average | 184 m3/s (6,498 cu ft/s) |
Progression | Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea |
Map of the Mureș basin
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The Mureș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmureʃ]; Hungarian: Maros, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒroʃ]; Latin: Marisus; Serbian: Moriš; Serbian Cyrillic: Мориш; German: Mieresch, Marosch or Muresch; Turkish: Maroş or Muriş) is a 789-kilometre-long (490 mi) river in Eastern Europe. Its drainage basin covers an area of 30,332 km2 (11,711 sq mi). It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, rising close to the headwaters of the Olt River, and joins the Tisza at Szeged in southeastern Hungary.
The Mureș River flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Mureș, Alba, Hunedoara, Arad and Timiș, and the Hungarian county Csongrád. The largest cities on the Mureș/Maros are Târgu Mureș, Alba Iulia, Deva and Arad in Romania, and Szeged in Hungary.