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The Someș () or Szamos ( or Samosch) is a left tributary of the Tisza in Hungary and Romania. It has a length of (including its source river Someșul Mare), of which 50 km are in Hungary. The Someș is the fifth largest river by length and volume in Romania. The hydrographic basin forms by the confluence at Mica, a commune about 4 km upstream of Dej, of Someșul Mare and Someșul Mic rivers. Someșul Mic (formed by the confluence of Someșul Rece with Someșul Cald) originates in the Apuseni Mountains, and Someșul Mare springs from the Rodna Mountains.

Key facts

River.name
Someș/Szamos
River.image
RO SJ Raul Somes la Letca (2).JPG
River.image_caption
The Someș at Letca, Sălaj County
River.map
Raul Somes.png
River.map_caption
The Someș marked in fuchsia color
River.source1_location
Confluence of Someșul Mare and Someșul Mic
River.mouth_location
Tisza
River.subdivision_type1
Countries
River.subdivision_type2
Cities
River.name_etymology
According to one view: borrowed Hungarian (Szamos, archaically Zomus), perhaps directly from Slavic, from latin. The Hungarian name formed with Slavic mediation. In Roman times, the river was known as Samum (accusative). Its root may be in connection with the French river name Somme. A proposed Indo-European root, *s(w)om-isyo ('rich in catfish') is unlikely. The opposite view starts from the radical çam-, through Latin Samus, and by late substrate transition of stressed a to stressed o (like in Potaissa/Patavissa).
River.tributaries_left
Someșul Mic, Sălaj
River.tributaries_right
Someșul Mare, Lăpuș
River.waterbodies
7
River.discharge1_location
Vásárosnamény, Hungary (near mouth)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
Romania
Continent
Europe
Image
A Szamos.jpg
Length
418
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watershed area
15015
Commons category
Someș/Szamos River
mouth of the watercourse
Tisza
discharge
120.0
basin country
Hungary
native label
Someș
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