Prahova River

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Prahova River
(Prahoviţa River)
none The Prahova river near Adancata
The Prahova river near Adancata
Countries Romania
Counties Braşov County,
Prahova County,
Ilfov County
Length 183 km (114 mi)
Watershed 3,740 km² (1,444 sq mi)
Discharge at *
 - average 28.3 m³/s (999 cu ft/s)
Source
 - location Bucegi Mountains
Mouth Ialomiţa River
Major tributaries
 - left Puriştoaca,
Olăreasa,
Pârâul lui Vlad,
Ursoaia Mare,
Ursoaia Mică,
Azuga,
Valea Mărului,
Valea Fetei,
Valea Seacă,
Valea Măturarului,
Zamora,
Şipa,
Tufa,
Valea Căşăriei,
Valea Rea,
Valea Câinelui,
Gagu,
Valea lui Bogdan,
Valea la Nuci,
Valea Mărului,
Valea Surpăturii,
Valea Orăţii,
Conciu
Florei,
Cernica,
Bătrâioara,
Şaaru,
Valea lui Sărăcilă,
Câmpiniţa,
Doftana,
Viişoara,
Puturosu,
Teleajen,
Cricovul Sărat
 - right Râşnoava,
Pârâul Sec,
Valea Brusturilor,
Valea Stânei,
Valea Grecului,
Valea Fabricii,
Valea Cerbului,
Valea Albă,
Paltinu,
Valea Jepilor,
Valea Seacă a Jepilor,
Urlătoarea,
Valea Babei,
Piatra Arsă,
Peleş,
Valea Căşăriei,
Valea Iancului,
Zgarbura,
Izvorul Dorului,
Valea Largă,
Pârlita,
Dogăria,
Valea Dracului,
Valea Măgarului,
Valea Seciului,
Valea Obielei,
Valea Mesteacănului,
Talea,
Nistoreşti,
Cacova,
Sunătoarea,
Valea Câmpului,
Slaniţa,
Poienari
Official River Code XI.1.20

The Prahova River is a river of Southern Romania, which rises from the Bucegi Mountains, in the Southern Carpathians and flows into the Ialomiţa (near Adâncata). The upper reach of the river, upstream of the junction with the Azuga River is sometimes called the Prahoviţa River.

It has a length of 183 kilometers, of which 6 km in Braşov County, 161 km in Prahova County and the last 16 km in Ilfov county.

Prahova's basin has 3740 km², which is about 75% of the surface of the Prahova county.

Contents

[edit] Towns and cities

[edit] Tributaries


[edit] References

  • Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
  • Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
  • Trasee turistice - Judeţul Ialomiţa [1]
  • Trasee turistice - Judeţul Prahova [2]

[edit] Maps

  • Munţii Bucegi [3]
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