The Gurghiu ( Hungarian: ''Görgény-patak'',

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: ''Rosengraben'') is a river in the

Gurghiu Mountains 300px, Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The Gurghiu Mountains are to the north of the center of this image. The Gurghiu Mountains (Romanian: Munții Gurghiu, Hungarian: Görgény) are a range in the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Eastern Car ...

Mureș County Mureș County (, ro, Județul Mures, hu, Maros megye) is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative ...

, northern

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. It is a left

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of the river Mureș. It flows through the municipalities Ibăneşti,

Hodac Hodac ( hu, Görgényhodák, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Arșița (''Ársica''), Bicașu (''Bikás''), Dubiștea de Pădure (''Erdődubiste'' ...

, Gurghiu and

Solovăstru Solovăstru ( hu, Görgényoroszfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of two villages, Jabenița (''Görgénysóakna'') and Solovăstru. The commune is located in the north-central p ...

, and joins the Mureș in the town

Reghin Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The ...

.Gurghiu / Creanga Alba (jud. Mures)
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Tributaries

The following rivers are

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to the river Gurghiu (from source to mouth): *Left:

Secuș The Secuș is a left tributary of the river Gurghiu in Transylvania, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europ ...

, Sebeș, Șirod and

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*Right: Lăpușna, Neagra, Fâncel, Tisieu, Tireu, Isticeu and Cașva

References

Rivers of Romania Rivers of Mureș County {{Mureș-river-stub