The Arieșul Mic () is a river in the
Apuseni Mountains
The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at . The Apuseni Mountains have ab ...
,
Alba County
Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536.
Name
"Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...
, western
Romania
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. It is the right
headwater
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of the river
Arieș
The Arieș () 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 basin area ...
. It flows through the villages
Avram Iancu
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and
Vidra, and joins the
Arieșul Mare
The Arieșul Mare () is a river in the Apuseni Mountains, Alba County, western Romania. It is the left headwater of the river Arieș. It flows through the villages Arieșeni, Gârda de Sus, Scărișoara, Albac and Vadu Moților, and joins the ...
(the other headwater) in
Mihoești near
Câmpeni
Câmpeni (German: ''Topesdorf''; Hungarian: ''Topánfalva'') is a town in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. The town administers 21 villages: Boncești, Borlești, Botești (''Botesbánya''), Certege (''Csertés''), Coasta Vâscului, Dănduț ...
.
Ariesul Mic (jud. Alba)
e-calauza.ro Its length is and its basin size is .
Tributaries
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Arieșul Mic (from source to mouth):
*Left: Micoaia, Libărțana, Valea Boului, Drăghița, Slatina and Valea Lungă
*Right: Divaia, Cioha, Păltiniș, Dobrani, Vidrișoara and Valea Dolii
References
Rivers of Romania
Rivers of Alba County
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