Arieș River

Also known as Aranyos River

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 is .

Key facts

River.name: Arieș
River.name_other: Aranyos
River.image: TurdaAries.jpg
River.image_caption: The Arieș in Turda
River.map: Raul Aries.jpg
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Romania
River.subdivision_type2: Counties
River.subdivision_name2: Alba, Cluj
River.subdivision_type3: Towns
River.subdivision_name3: Turda, Câmpia Turzii
River.source1: Confluence of headwaters Arieșul Mare and Arieșul Mic
River.source1_location: Lake Mihoești
River.mouth: Mureș
River.mouth_location: Gura Arieșului
River.tributaries_left: Arieșul Mare, Iara
River.tributaries_right: Arieșul Mic, Abrud

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Course
Towns and villages
Tributaries
References

Most probably "Arieș" means "Gold River", the name being derived from the Latin "Aureus". The Hungarian name "Aranyos" means "Golden" and it was first mentioned in 1177.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arieș River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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