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Calva (river)
The Calva is a right tributary of the river ViÈ™a in Romania. It discharges into the ViÈ™a in Șeica Mare Șeica Mare (german: Marktschelken; hu, Nagyselyk) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Boarta, Buia, Mighindoala, PetiÈ™, Șeica Mare and Ștenea. Calvaser (''Kaltwasser''; ''HidegvÃz'') .... Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Sibiu County {{Sibiu-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly temperate- continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest, include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Settlement in what is now Romania began in the Lower Pale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibiu County
Sibiu County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat ( ro, reședință de județ) is the namesake town of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Hermannstadt''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Szeben County, ro, Comitatul Sibiu) was created in 1876. Demographics In 2011, Sibiu County had a population of 375,992 and the population density was . At the 2011 census the county has the following population indices: * Romanians – 91.25% (or 340,836) * Romani – 4.76% (or 17,901) * Hungarians – 2.89% (or 10,893) * Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) – 1.09% (or 4,117) * Other – 0.1% (or 640) Religion: * Romanian Orthodox – 90.9% * Greek Catholics – 2.3% * Reformed – 2.0% * Roman Catholics – 1.5% * Pentecostals – 1.1% * Baptists – 0.9% * Other – 1.3% Urbanisation – 5th most urbanised coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma Vii
Alma or ALMA may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film * ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922 * ''Alma'' (Le Clézio novel), 2017 * ''Alma'' (play), a 1996 drama by Joshua Sobol about Alma Mahler-Werfel * ''Alma'' (album), by Carminho, 2012 * "Alma" (song), by Fonseca, 2008 * "Alma", a song by Tom Lehrer from the 1965 album ''That Was the Year That Was'' * ALMA Award, or American Latino Media Arts Award * Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an international children's literary award established by the Swedish government Businesses * Alma Books, a British publishing house * Alma Media, a Finnish digital service business * ALMA de México, a low-cost airline Military * Battle of the Alma, an 1854 Crimean War battle * ''Alma''-class ironclad, French Navy corvettes built in the 1860s ** French ironclad ''Alma'' People and fictional characters * Alma (given name), including a list of people, fictional characters and Mormon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihăileni, Sibiu
Mihăileni ( hu, Sálfalva) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Metiș (''Mártonfalva''), Mihăileni, Moardăș (''Mardos''), Răvășel (''Rovás'') and Șalcău (''Salkó''). Metiș and Moardăș have fortified churches. File:Kirchenburg mardisch.jpg, Fortified church of Moardăș File:Mardisch Turm.jpg, Gate tower A gate tower (german: Torturm) is a tower built over or next to a major gateway. Usually it is part of a medieval fortification. This may be a town or city wall, fortress, castle or castle chapel. The gate tower may be built as a twin tower o ... of the fortified church of Moardăș File:Martinsdorf2.jpg, fortified church of Metiș References Communes in Sibiu County Localities in Transylvania {{Sibiu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vișa
The Vișa (german: Weißbach) is a left tributary of the river Târnava Mare in Romania. It discharges into the Târnava Mare in Copșa Mică. Its length is and its basin size is . Tributaries The following rivers are tributaries to the river Vișa (from source to mouth): *Left: Râura, Pârâul Popii *Right: Slimnic, Valea Rușilor, Calva {{dablink, "Calva" may also refer to the Calva (river) in Romania. The term "calva" is also sometimes used to refer to the Calvaria (skull) or Calvados (brandy). Calva is a traditional sport played in certain parts of Spain. It has roots going ba ..., Râpa, Șoala References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Sibiu County {{Sibiu-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Șeica Mare
Șeica Mare (german: Marktschelken; hu, Nagyselyk) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Boarta, Buia, Mighindoala, PetiÈ™, Șeica Mare and Ștenea. Calvaser (''Kaltwasser''; ''HidegvÃz'') was also a village until the late 20th century, when it was absorbed by Șeica Mare village. At the 2011 census, 88.8% of inhabitants were Romanians, 6% Hungarians, 4.2% Roma and 1% Germans. Villages It is composed of six villages: Buia village was first attested in a document of 1269, under the name of ''poss Bulla''. In 1918, it had 1167 residents, of whom 736 were Romanians and the rest Germans and Hungarians. By 2002, the population was down to 634: 516 Romanians, 104 Hungarians and three Roma. The village is in the southern part of the commune, linked to Șeica Mare by an 11 km stretch of county road. Farkas Bolyai was born there in 1775. Mighindoala (german: Engenthal, meaning "Angels' Valley", hu, Ingodály) is a smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Romania
This is a list of rivers of Romania which entirely or partially flow through Romania. Longest rivers The length and drainage area represent only the part of the river within Romania. p. 13 References {{List of rivers of Europe *Romania
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