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The Mureș River is a river located in Eastern Europe that flows through the region. While specific details about its course and significance aren't provided here, it is an important waterway in Eastern Europe.
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Key facts
- Countries
- Romania and Hungary
- Cities
- Târgu Mureș Alba Iulia Deva Arad Szeged
- Source
- Carpathian Mountains
- Location
- Izvorul Mureșului , Harghita County , Romania
- Coordinates
- 46°36′55″N 25°37′2″E / 46.61528°N 25.61722°E / 46.61528; 25.61722
- Elevation
- 850 m (2,790 ft)
- Mouth
- Tisza
- Length
- 789 km (490 mi)
- Basin size
- 30,332 km (11,711 mi ) 30,190.1 km (11,656.5 mi )
- Average
- 184 m /s (6,500 cu ft/s)
- Progression
- Tisza → Danube → Black Sea
- Left
- Târnava , Sebeș , Strei
Article
The Mureș ( Romanian: [ˈmureʃ]) or Maros (Hungarian: [ˈmɒroʃ]; German: Mieresch, Serbian: Мориш / Moriš) is a 789-kilometre-long (490 mi) river in Eastern Europe. Its drainage basin covers an area of 30,332 km (11,711 sq mi). It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, rising close to the headwaters of the river Olt, and joins the Tisza at Szeged in southeastern Hungary. In Romania, its length is 761 km (473 mi) and its basin size is 27,890 km (10,770 sq mi).
The Mureș River flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Mureș, Alba, Hunedoara, Arad and Timiș, and the Hungarian county Csongrád. The largest cities on the Mureș/Maros are Târgu Mureș, Alba Iulia, Deva and Arad in Romania as well as Makó and Szeged in Hungary.