Arieșul Mare

River in Alba County, Romania

46°30′23″N 22°40′53″E / 46.50639°N 22.68139°E / 46.50639; 22.68139 • elevation1,260 m (4,130 ft) MouthArieș

• location

Lake Mihoești near Câmpeni

• coordinates

46°22′20″N 23°01′01″E / 46.37222°N 23.01694°E / 46.37222; 23.01694

• elevation

570 m (1,870 ft)Basin featuresProgressionArieș→ Mureș→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black SeaTributaries • leftGârda Seacă, Albac • rightNeagra

The Arieșul Mare (Hungarian: Nagy-Aranyos) is a river in the Apuseni Mountains, Alba County, western Romania. It is the left headwater of the river Arieș.^[1]^[2] It flows through the villages Arieșeni, Gârda de Sus, Scărișoara, Albac and Vadu Moților, and joins the Arieșul Mic (the other headwater) in Mihoești near Câmpeni.^[3] Its length is about 43 km (27 mi) and its basin size is about 400 km² (150 sq mi).^[2]

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Arieșul Mare (from source to mouth):^[2]

Left: Cobleș, Gârda Seacă, Valea Starpă and Albac
Right: Vârciorog, Valea Cepelor, Bucura, Ghizghiț and Neagra

References

^ "Planul național de management. Sinteza planurilor de management la nivel de bazine/spații hidrografice, anexa 7.1" (PDF, 5.1 MB). Administrația Națională Apele Române. 2010. pp. 308–309.
^ ^a ^b ^c Atlasul cadastrului apelor din România. Partea 1 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ministerul Mediului. 1992. pp. 147–148. OCLC 895459847. River code: IV.1.81
^ Ariesul Mare (jud. Alba), e-calauza.ro