TimiÈ™ River

Timis at Pancevo

Timis in Romania and Serbia

Timis in Lugoj

The Timis ( Serbian: Tamis; Hungarian Temes, Romanian Timiş ) is a river in Romania and Serbia. During Roman times, the Timis was called Tibiscus.

River

The source of the Timis is located in Semenic Mountains (part of the Banat Mountains ) in the district of Caras -Severin, Romania. Further, the Timis crosses the Banat, and then flow past the Serbian city Sečanj and to lead in Pancevo into the Danube.

The Timis has a length of 359 kilometers. In Romania, the river has a length of 231 km, a catchment area of ​​5795 km ² and a water flow of 37 m³ / s On Serbian territory, the Timis has a length of 181 km.

After it has passed through the dam at Trei Ape, the Timis winds through a narrow river bed continues in a southeasterly direction. In Teregova her running takes a northern direction, then from Caransebeş thanks to the deeper position slowly to traverse in a wide river bed the Timiş and then lead into Serbia in Pancevo into the Danube. At a length of 3.3 km, the Timis forms a natural border with Serbia. In its lower course the Timis is regulated, and navigable for the last 53 km. The most important port on the Timis 's Pancevo.

The old river mouth was originally between cities Centa and Surduk. The Karaš channel still reminds of the old watercourse and the area between the old and new run of Timis and the Danube forms the so-called Pancevo - Rit. This area was formerly always at risk from flooding, but was drained after the Second World War and today is the " breadbasket " of Belgrade.

Tributaries

The following rivers flow into the Timis:

Left tributaries: Brebu, Slatina, Golet, Bucoşniţa, Cerneţu, Petroşniţa, Valea Mare, Vălişoara, Măcicaş / Rugiu, Matnic, Vana Mare, Spaia, Stiuca, Spaici, Timisana, Şurgani, Pogăniş, Timisul Mort, Găvojdia, Lanca Birda, Bârzava, Moravita.

Rights tributaries: gradiste, Semenic, Teregova, Criva, Raul Rece ( Hideg ) Pietrele Albe, Raul Lung, Armenis Sadoviţa, Ilova, Groapa Copacului, Bolvaşniţa, Zlagna, Sebes, Valea Mare, Bistra, Calova, Macioviţa, Vălişorul, Tincova, Cernola, Nadrag, Slatina, Maguri, Tapia, Iarcoş, Timişaţ

Cities

In Romania

The largest cities in Romania, which are crossed by the Timis are: Caransebeş and Lugoj. Smaller towns the Timis crosses: Teregova, Armenis Slatina - Timiş Bucoşniţa, Firmwareupdates, Caransebeş, Constantin Daicoviciu, Sacu, Gavojdia, Lugoj, Costeiu, Mosnita Nouă, Şag, Parta, Peciu Nou.

The city of Timişoara, who gave the name of the river is, but not traversed by the Timis but on the Bega.

In Serbia, from source to mouth: Jaša Tomic, Surjan, Boka, Sečanj, Neuzina, Banatski Despotovac, Botoš, Tomaševac, Orlovat, Idvor, Farkaždin, Sakule, Centa, Baranda, Opovo, Sefkerin, Glogonj, Jabuka, Pančevo.

Floods

In water-rich years, the Timis caused flooding. Devastating was the damage of the floods of 2005, when the villages of Boka and Jaša Tomic suffered heavy damage. On 20 April 2005 the level of 844 cm, the maximum level was measurements since the beginning of the water level. 2007, the dams were increased on both sides of the river for a distance of 11.5 km and 13.2 km on the right bank on the left bank. The dams, which now exceed a height of 8.5 m to the future prevent further flooding. Along the Temeschlaufes were some fishing equipment, of which Banatski Despotovac, Uzdin, Sakule and Slatina should be mentioned, is applied.