MureÈ™ River

The Mureş in Arad

The Mureş in Romania and Hungary

The Mures ( Mures German or Marosch; Hungarian Maros, in ancient Greek Μάρισος Marisos or Μάρις Maris; Latin Marisus ) is a river in Romania and Hungary with a length of 766 km. It rises 850 m in the Eastern Carpathians in Harghita county ( on the northern slope of the Harghitagebirges on Tincan - pass). It flows through the country in a southwesterly direction, crossing the same circle Mureş, right takes the ARIES (Hungarian Aranyos ), left the Kokel (Romanian Târnava, Hungarian Küküllő ) that occurs in Arad in the plane, where it forms marshes, and flows into the Tisza near Szeged. The river has a catchment area in Romania of 27,832 km ² and in Arad Water flows from 177 m³ / s

Places on the Mureş

• Aiud (German Strasbourg Mures, ungar Nagyenyed )
• Alba Iulia (German Karl Castle, ungar Gyulafehérvár )
• Arad
• Cenad (German Tschanad, ungar Csanád )
• Deva (German Deva, Deva ungar )
• Geoagiu (German Gergesdorf, ungar Algyógy )
• Lipova (German Lippa, Lippa ungar )
• Luduş (German Ludasch, ungar Marosludas )
• Mako (German Makowa )
• Nădlac (German Nadlak, ungar Nagylak )
• Ocna Mures ( Mures German Hall, Hung, Marosújvár )
• Reghin (German Saxon rain, ungar Szászrégen )
• Târgu Mureş (German Tirgu Mures, ungar Marosvásárhely )
• Topliţa (German Toeplitz, ungar Maroshévíz )
• Zam (German Sameschdorf, ungar ZAM)

Tributaries of the Mureş

• ARIES ( ungar Aranyos )
• Târnava (German Kokel, ungar Küküllő )
• Geoagiu
• Sebes ( Mühlbach dt )