The Târnava Mică ("Small Târnava"; hu, Kis-Küküllő; german: Kleine Kokel) is a river in

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 ...

. Its total length is , and its drainage basin area is . Its source is in the Eastern

Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...

, in

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 ...

. It flows to the west through the Romanian counties Harghita, Mureș, and

Alba ''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scottish people, Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed i ...

, more or less parallel to and north from the

Târnava Mare The Târnava Mare ("Great Târnava"; hu, Nagy-Küküllő; german: Große Kokel) is a river in Romania. Its total length is and its basin size is . Its source is in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, near the sources of the Mureș and Olt in Har ...

. The cities of

Sovata Sovata (; hu, Szováta; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a town in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Căpeți (''Kopac''), Ilieși (''Illyésmező''), and Săcădat (''Szakadát''). In 2004, the vill ...

and

Târnăveni Târnăveni (, historically Diciosânmartin; Hungarian: ''Dicsőszentmárton'', ; German: ''Sankt Martin'', earlier ''Marteskirch'') is a city in Mureș County, central Romania. It lies on the Târnava Mică River in central Transylvania. The ci ...

lie on the Târnava Mică. It joins the

Blaj Blaj (; archaically spelled as ''Blaș''; hu, Balázsfalva; german: Blasendorf; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Blußendref'') is a municipiu, city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 20,630 inhabita ...

, forming the

Târnava The Târnava (full name in ro, Râul Târnava; hu, Küküllő; german: Kokel; tr, Kokul or Kokulu) is a river in Romania. It is formed by the confluence of the Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică in the town of Blaj. The Târnava flows into the ...

.Tarnava Mica (jud. Alba)
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Towns and villages

The following towns and villages are situated along the river Târnava Mică, from source to mouth:

Praid Praid (, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Salzberg) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of six villages: Demographics The commune has an a ...

, Sărățeni, Chibed, Ghindari,

Sângeorgiu de Pădure Sângeorgiu de Pădure (English (lit.): Saint George on the Heath, hu, Erdőszentgyörgy ; german: Sankt Georgen auf der Heide) is a town in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. Bezid (''Bözöd''), Bezidu Nou (''Bözödújfalu''), and Loțu (' ...

, Fântânele,

Bălăușeri Bălăușeri ( hu, Balavásár; Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Bladenmarkt) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Agrișteu, Bălăușeri, Chendu, Dumitreni, Filitelnic and Senereuș. Histor ...

, Coroisânmărtin, Suplac,

Mica Micas ( ) are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates. This characteristic is described as perfect basal cleavage. Mica is ...

Gănești Gănești ( hu, Vámosgálfalva, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Gănești, Păucișoara (''Küküllőpócsfalva''), Seuca (''Szőkefalva'') and Sub Pădure (''Erdő ...

Adămuș Adămuș ( hu, Ádámos; Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Adămuș, Chinciuș (''Kincses''), Cornești (''Sövényfalva''), Crăiești (''Magyarki ...

, Crăiești,

Cetatea de Baltă Cetatea de Baltă ( hu, Küküllővár; german: Kokelburg) is a commune in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. The commune is composed of four villages: Cetatea de Baltă, Crăciunelu de Sus (''Christendorf''; ''Felsőkarácsonyfalva''), Sântăm� ...

, Jidvei, Șona, Sâncel,

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Târnava Mică (from source to mouth): Left: Praid,

Corund Corund ( hu, Korond, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, in the "Salt Region" (''Ținutul Sării'' or ''Sóvidék''). Corund is fa ...

, Solocma, Ceia, Cușmed, Șenie, Roua, Vețca, Ciortoș,

Nadeș Nadeș ( hu, Szásznádas, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Nadesch) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Măgheruș (''Küküllőmagyarós''), Nadeș, Pipea (''Pipe'') and Țigmandru (''Cikmá ...

, Agrișteu, Domald, Seleuș, Sântioana, Cund, Botoș, Hărănglab,

Băgaciu Băgaciu (in Hungarian Szászbogács, : ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Băgaciu and Deleni (''Magyarsáros''). Demographics According to the 2011 census, Băgaciu has a population of 2,47 ...

, Sărata, Saroș, Adămuș,

Balta Balta may refer to: People * Balta (footballer) (born 1962), Spanish footballer and manager * Balta (surname) Places * Balta (crater), on Mars * Balta, Mehedinți, Romania *Bâlta, a village in Filiași, Dolj County, Romania *Bâlta, a village ...

, Spinoasa, Graben, Ror, Valea Mare Right: Creanga Mare, Iuhod,

, Becheci, Ghegheș, Veseuș, Broaga, Pănade

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Târnava Mică Rivers of Romania Rivers of Harghita County Rivers of Mureș County Rivers of Alba County