The Valea Cheii (also: ''Cheia'', in its upper course also: ''Rudărița'') 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 Dâmbovița in

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. Its source is in the

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. It flows into the Dâmbovița downstream from Podu Dâmboviței. Its length is and its basin size is .

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Valea Cheii (from source to mouth): *Left: Prepeleac, Valea Crovului, Valea Pereților, Valea Bunii, Valea Strâmbă *Right: Urdărița, Valea Furneciului

References

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