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Bâsca Mare River
The Bâsca ( ro, Bɨs'ca), also called ''Bâsca Mare'' in its upper course, and ''Bâsca Roziliei'' in its lower course, is a left tributary of the river Buzău, in Romania. It discharges into the Buzău near Nehoiu. Geographic position Positioned in the external region of the curvature of Carpathians (subunit of Eastern Carpathians), the Bâsca drainage basin has an area of . Its length is . It lies at an average altitude of 1,081 m between the Lăcăuți Peak (1,777 m altitude) and the confluence with the Buzău River (385 m altitude). Geology From the geological point of view, the Bâsca River Catchment overlaps the orogenic unit of the Eastern Carpathians, where the external Paleogene flysch is predominant, including: sandstones (Tarcău sandstones Facies), marl, conglomerates. This area is characterised by tectonic uplift and by severe seismicity related to the Vrancea Epicentral Area, being affected by deep-seated landslides (Ielenicz, 1984). Litho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covasna County
Covasna County (, hu, Kovászna megye, ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania's 41 counties and the population density was . In 2002 the ethnic composition of the county was as follows: * Hungarians – 73.58% (or 164,158) * Romanians – 23.28% (or 51,790) * Romani – 2.68% (or 5,973) According to the 2011 census, the composition of the county was: * Hungarians – 73.74% (or 150,468) * Romanians – 22.02% (or 45,021) * Romani – 4.05% (or 8,267) * Others - 0.19% Covasna County has the second-greatest percentage of Hungarian population in Romania, just behind the neighboring county of Harghita. The Hungarians of Covasna are primarily Székelys. Geography Covasna county has a total area of . The main part of the relief consists of mountains from the Eastern Carpathians group. Most localities can be found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
