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Drăguș (river)
The Drăguș is a left tributary of the river Olt in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S .... It discharges into the Olt in Olteț. Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Brașov County {{Brașov-river-stub ...
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Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, 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 climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, 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 Roma ...
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Brașov County
Brașov County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Brassó megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Kronstadt''. Under Austria-Hungary, a county with an identical name (Brassó County, ro, Comitatul Brașov) was created in 1876, covering a smaller area. Demographics On 20 October 2011, the county had a population of 549,217 and the population density was . * Romanians – 87.4% * Hungarians – 7.77% * Romas – 3.5% * Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) – 0.65% Traditionally the Romanian population was concentrated in the west and southwest of the county, the Hungarians in the east part of the county, and the Germans in the north and around Brașov city. Geography The county has a total area of . The south side comprises the Carpathian Mountains (Southern Carpathians and Eastern Ca ...
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Drăguș
Drăguș (german: Drachenbach, Traschen; hu, Dragus) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Drăguș, part of Viștea Commune until being split off in 2004. Drăguș is located at the western edge of Brașov County, in the central part of the Țara Făgărașului region, at the foot of the Făgăraș Mountains. The river Drăguș flows north through the commune, discharging into the Olt River in Olteț. At the 2011 census, 99.8% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians. During the interwar period, ethnologist Dimitrie Gusti Dimitrie Gusti (; 13 February 1880 – 30 October 1955) was a Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and voluntarist philosopher; a professor at the University of Iaşi and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister o ... led a series of expeditions to various Romanian villages in which researchers from various fields would write monographs about particular aspects of those vil ...
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Viștea
Viștea ( hu, Alsóvist) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Olteț (''Besimbák''), Rucăr (german: Ruckersdorf; ''Rukkor''), Viștea de Jos (the commune center), Viștea de Sus (''Felsővist'') and Viștișoara (''Kisvist''). It also included Drăguș village until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune. At the 2011 census, 87.8% of inhabitants were Romanians and 12% Roma. The commune is located at the western edge of Brașov County, in the central part of the Țara Făgărașului region, at the foot of the Făgăraș Mountains. The administrative center of the commune is in Viștea de Jos, situated on the DN1 road, west of Făgăraș and east of Sibiu. Viștea is traversed east to west by the Olt River, which passes through the villages of Viștea de Jos, Olteț, and Rucăr. The Viștea River is formed by two tributaries, Viștea Mare and Viștișoara; it crosses the villages of Viștișoara and Viște ...
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Olt (river)
The Olt (Romanian and Hungarian; german: Alt; la, Aluta or ', tr, Oltu, grc, Ἄλυτος ''Alytos'') is a river in Romania. It is long, and its basin area is . It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average discharge at the mouth is . Its source is in the Hășmaș Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near Bălan, rising close to the headwaters of the river Mureș. It flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Covasna, Brașov, Sibiu, Vâlcea and Olt. The river was known as ''Alutus'' or ''Aluta'' in Roman antiquity. Olt County and the historical province of Oltenia are named after the river. Sfântu Gheorghe, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina are the main cities on the river Olt. The Olt flows into the Danube river near Turnu Măgurele. Settlements The main cities along the river Olt are Miercurea Ciuc, Sfântu Gheorghe, Făgăraș, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina. The Olt passes through the following communes, from source to mouth: ...
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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."opposite to a tributary"
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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.2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook
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Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the sou ...
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