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Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- Counties
- Argeș , Dâmbovița , Ilfov , Bucharest , Călărași
- Cities
- Bucharest
- Source
- Curmătura Oticu
- Location
- Făgăraș Mountains
- Coordinates
- 45°29′54″N 24°56′14″E / 45.49833°N 24.93722°E / 45.49833; 24.93722
- Elevation
- 1,800 m (5,900 ft)
- Mouth
- Argeș
- Length
- 286 km (178 mi)
- Basin size
- 2,824 km (1,090 sq mi)
- Progression
- Argeș → Danube → Black Sea
- Left
- Ilfov , Colentina
- River code
- X.1.25
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Argeș River
- Commons category
- Dâmbovița River
- lake on watercourse
- Lake Dâmbovița
- watershed area
- 2837
- basin country
- Romania
- different from
- Dâmbovița County
- discharge
- 19.1
- native label
- Dâmboviţa
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Encyclopedic overview
The Dâmbovița ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdɨmbovitsa] ) is a river in Romania. It rises on the Curmătura Oticului, a mountain pass that separates the Iezer Mountains from the Făgăraș Mountains proper. It passes through Bucharest and flows into the river Argeș near Budești, in Călărași County. Its length is 286 km (178 mi) and its basin size is 2,824 km (1,090 sq mi). Dâmbovița County is named after the river.
Name
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dâmbovița River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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