The Valea Roșie or Roșia ( or ''Remete-patak'') is a river in

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea (Nagyvárad). Toponymy ...

, right

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

Crișul Negru The Crișul Negru (Black Criș) ( Romanian), () is a river in western Romania (Transylvania) and south-eastern Hungary (Békés County). The river has its source in the western Apuseni Mountains of Romania. Flowing through the Romanian towns of � ...

. Its length is and its basin size is . The river starts at the Roșia

karst Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...

spring in the

Pădurea Craiului Mountains The Pădurea Craiului Mountains are in the northwestern part of the Apuseni Mountains of the Carpathian Mountain range, located between the and the Beiuș Depression. The Dealurile Vestice (Western Hills) are located to the west of these moun ...

. It flows through the hills of the

Beiuș Depression Beiuș (; ) is a city in Bihor County, Romania near the Apuseni Mountains. The river Crișul Negru flows through Beiuș, and the city administers a single village, Delani (''Gyalány''). Between the late 18th and very early 20th centuries, Beiu� ...

and joins the Crișul Negru near Pocola. The most important villages on the river are Roșia, Remetea and Pocola.

Hydronymy

Valea Roșie had two Hungarian names. Originally it was called ''Remete-patak'' (referring to Remetea/Magyarremete village on its shore). That name was used until the 18th century, last time consequently in the 1720 conscription. During this century the remaining small community of Hungarians in the valley adopted the more frequently used Romanian name in the form of ''Rossia-patak''. This name has been used since then. The older name means ''hermit'' in Hungarian.István Györffy: A Fekete-Körös völgyi magyarság ungarians in the Fekete-Körös Valley Budapest, 1986, p. 23 (map) and p. 202

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the Valea Roșie: *Left:

Șoimuș Șoimuș (, ) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Bălata (''Balátatelep''), Bejan (''Bezsán''), Bejan-Târnăvița (''Bezsántelep''), Boholt (''Boholt''), Căinelu de Jo ...

, Sohodol, Meziad *Right: Albioara, Strâmtura (Valea Ușorilor), Drăgoteni

References

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