The Ghimbășel (also ''Ghimbav'') is a left
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''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 into which they ...
of the river
Bârsa in
Romania
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. Its source is in the northern part of the
Bucegi Mountains. Originally it discharged directly into the
Olt, but much of its flow has been diverted into the
Bârsa, another tributary of the Olt, near
Colonia Bod. Its length is and its basin size is . The former lower course of the Ghimbășel, downstream of this diversion, still exists and is used for the discharge of local inflows. It flows into the Olt north of
Bod.
Ghimbasel / Ghimbav / Paraul Mare (jud. Brasov)
e-calauza.ro Its length is and its basin size is .
Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Ghimbășel:
*Left: Valea Glăjăriei
*Right: Năjila, Pârâul Mic, Valea Cetății, Valea Joaderului, Canalul Timiș, Timiș, Durbav
References
Rivers of Romania
Rivers of Brașov County
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