Szamos or Someş | |
River | |
Countries | Romania, Hungary |
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Counties | Romania: Cluj, Sălaj, Maramureş, Satu Mare Hungary: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Tributaries | |
- left | Someşul Mic, Sălaj |
- right | Someşul Mare, Lăpuş |
Cities | Dej, Satu Mare |
Source | Confluence of the Someşul Mare and the Someşul Mic |
- location | Mica |
- coordinates | |
Mouth | Tisza River |
- location | Vásárosnamény, Hungary |
- coordinates | |
Length | 388 km (241 mi) |
Basin | 15,015 km2 (5,797 sq mi) |
Discharge | for * |
- average | 120 m3/s (4,238 cu ft/s) |
The river Someş (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsomeʃ]; Hungarian Szamos) flows through Romania and Hungary.
It rises from two headstreams, the Someşul Mare, in the Rodna Mountains in Bistriţa-Năsăud County and the Someşul Mic in the Apuseni Mountains of Cluj County. The latter is in turn formed by the confluence of another two headstreams: the Someşul Cald and Someşul Rece.
The Someşul Mare and the Someşul Mic meet at Dej, from where the Someş flows westward, through Jibou and Satu Mare, to join the Tisza in Hungary, near Vásárosnamény.
The river Someş was known in antiquity by the name Samus.
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Someş:
Left: Someşul Mic, Jichiş, Olpret, Bogata, Valea Groşilor, Şimişna, Rus, Valea Mare, Valea Leşului, Lozna, Valea Hrăii, Cristolţel, Gârbou, Almaş, Agrij, Şoimuş, Bârsa, Inău, Horoatu Cehului, Sălaj, Borjug, Gârdani, Bârsău, Runc, Bicău, Valea Vinului, Lipău, Homorod,
Balcaia
Right: Someşul Mare, Sălătruc, Râul Hotarului, Muncel, Vlădeasa, Poiana, Râul Vârtoapelor, Ileanda, Bizuşa, Purcăreţu, Cheud, Iadăra, Răchitişa, Bârsău, Arieş, Lăpuş, Băiţa, Cicârlău, Ilba, Valea Bradului, Săbişa, Baci, Seini, Zugău, Şinel