, Pârâul Pietrei , name_etymology = , image = , image_size = , image_caption = , pushpin_map = Romania , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 =

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 ...

, subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name2 =

Harghita County Harghita (, hu, Hargita megye, ) is a county (județ) 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 populatio ...

, subdivision_type3 = Villages , subdivision_name3 = Remetea , length = , width_min = , width_avg = , width_max = , depth_min = , depth_avg = , depth_max = , discharge1_location= , discharge1_min = , discharge1_avg = , discharge1_max = , source1 = , source1_location = , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , mouth = Mureș , mouth_location = Remetea , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , progression = , river_system = , basin_size = , tributaries_left = , tributaries_right = , custom_label = , custom_data = , extra = The Piatra (also: ''Pârâul Pietrei'', hu, Kőpatak) 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 Mureș in

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

. It discharges into the Mureș in Remetea. Its length is and its basin size is . Its name means "''Stone Creek''" in both languages.

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