The Ocoliș is a small river in the
Apuseni Mountains
The Apuseni Mountains ( ro, Munții Apuseni, hu, Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called ''Occidentali'' in Romanian. Their name translates from Rom ...
,
Alba County, western
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 is a left
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 ...
of the river
Arieș
The Arieș ( hu, Aranyos) is a left tributary of the river Mureș in Transylvania, Romania. It discharges into the Mureș in Gura Arieșului, southwest of Luduș. Its total length (including its headwater Arieșul Mare) is , and its drainage ba ...
. It flows through
Ocoliș
Ocoliș (german: Zaundorf; hu, Alsóaklos) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Lunca Largă (''Lunkalárga''), Ocoliș, Runc (''Aronyosronk'') and Vidolm (''Vidaly'').
The commune is sit ...
commune, and joins the Arieș in the village Ocoliș. It is fed by several smaller streams, including Tisa, Pociovaliștea, and Craca. Its length is and its basin size is .
References
Rivers of Romania
Rivers of Alba County
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