The Körös () or Criș () (

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: ''Kreisch'') is a river in eastern Hungary and western Romania. Its length is from the confluence of its two source rivers Fehér-Körös (''

Crișul Alb The Crișul Alb (Romanian), ( Hungarian: Fehér-Körös) is a river in western Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania, and in south-eastern Hungary (Békés County). Its source is in the southern Apuseni Mountains (Romanian: Munții A ...

'') and Fekete-Körös (''

Crișul Negru The Crișul Negru (Black Criș) (Romanian), ( hu, Fekete-Körös) is a river in western Romania (Transylvania) and south-eastern Hungary (Békés County). The river has its source in the western Apuseni Mountains. It flows through the towns Ștei ...

'') to its outflow into the Tisza. Its drainage basin area is .Analysis of the Tisza River Basin 2007
IPCDR It has three source rivers, all of which have their origin in the Apuseni Mountains in Transylvania, Romania:

(Fehér-Körös),

(Fekete-Körös) and Crișul Repede (Sebes-Körös). The confluence of the rivers Fehér-Körös (''Crișul Alb'') and Fekete-Körös (''Crișul Negru'') is near the town Gyula. The Körös downstream from Gyula is also called the Kettős-Körös (Hungarian for "double Körös"). 37.3 km further downstream, near Gyomaendrőd, the Sebes-Körös (''Crișul Repede'') joins the Criș/Körös. The section downstream from Gyomaendrőd is also called the Hármas-Körös (Hungarian for "triple Körös"). The Körös flows into the Tisza River near Csongrád. It was known in antiquity as the "Chrysus", ''Crisus'', ''Crisia'', ''Grisia'', or ''Gerasus''.

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