The Măgheruș (also: ''Aluniș'', ) is a small river in the

Gurghiu Mountains The Gurghiu Mountains (Romanian: Munții Gurghiu , Hungarian: Görgény ) are a range in the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania, in the Transylvania region. They cover an area of . The mountains are relatively low ...

Harghita County Harghita County (, and , ) is a county () in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc. Demographics 2002 census In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a population density of ...

, central

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It 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 Mureș. It flows through the municipality

Toplița Toplița (; , ) is a Municipiu, city in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. The settlement has had multiple name changes: ''Taplócza'', ''Toplicza'', ''Gyergyó-Toplicza'', from February 3, 1861 ''Oláh-Toplicza'', or "Romanian Toplița", ...

, and joins the Mureș in the village Măgheruș (part of Toplița),Magherus (jud. Harghita)
e-calauza.ro where it is channelized. Its length is and its basin size is . Its name is from the Hungarian "mogyoró", and means "Nutty Creek".

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