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Cheia (Arieș)
The Cheia is a small river in the Apuseni Mountains, Alba County, western Romania. It is a right tributary of the river Arieș. It flows through the villages of Ponor A ponor is a natural opening where surface water enters into underground passages; they may be found in Karst topography, karst landscapes where the geology and the geomorphology is typically dominated by porous limestone rock. Ponors can drain s ... and Vale în Jos, and joins the Arieș near the village Sub Piatră. e-calauza.ro Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Alba County {{Alba-river-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly continental climate, and an area of with a population of 19 million people. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, empties into the Danube Delta in the southeast of the country. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Bucharest is the country's Bucharest metropolitan area, largest urban area and Economy of Romania, financial centre. Other major urban centers, urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timiș ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba County
Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the city of Alba Iulia. In Hungarian language, Hungarian, the county is known as ''Fehér megye'' (fehér also meaning white), and in German language, German as ''Kreis Karlsburg''. Geography This county has a total area of , with mountains occupying about 59% of its surface. The Apuseni Mountains are in the northwest; the northeastern side of the Parâng Mountains group – the Șureanu Mountains, Șureanu and Cindrel Mountains, Cindrel mountains – are in the south. In the east there is the Transylvanian Plateau with deep but wide valleys. The three main elements are separated by the Mureș (river), Mureș River valley. The main rivers are the Mureș (river), Mureș River and its tributaries, the Târnava, the Sebeș (river), Sebeș, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponor, Alba
Ponor (; ) is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: După Deal, Geogel (''Kisgyógypatak''), Măcărești, Ponor, Vale în Jos, and Valea Bucurului. The commune lies on the banks of the river Cheia (Arieș), Cheia. It is situated in the southeastern reaches of the Apuseni Mountains, within the Trascău Mountains. Ponor is located in the central-north part of Alba County, southeast of Baia de Arieș, west of Aiud, and northwest of the county seat, Alba Iulia. At the 2011 Romanian census, 2011 census, Ponor had a population of 540; of those, 96.3% were Romanians, ethnic Romanians. At the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, the population had decreased to 475, of which 91.16% were ethnic Romanians. Natives *Victor Ciorbea (born 1954), politician, Mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vale în Jos
Ponor (; ) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: După Deal, Geogel (''Kisgyógypatak''), Măcărești, Ponor, Vale în Jos, and Valea Bucurului. The commune lies on the banks of the river Cheia. It is situated in the southeastern reaches of the Apuseni Mountains, within the Trascău Mountains. Ponor is located in the central-north part of Alba County, southeast of Baia de Arieș, west of Aiud, and northwest of the county seat, Alba Iulia. At the 2011 census, Ponor had a population of 540; of those, 96.3% were ethnic Romanians. At the 2021 census, the population had decreased to 475, of which 91.16% were ethnic Romanians. Natives * Victor Ciorbea (born 1954), politician, Mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania The prime minister of Romania (), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania (), is the head of the Government of Romania, Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sub Piatră
Sub or SUB may refer to: Places * Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, Indonesia, IATA code SUB People * Bottom (BDSM), or "sub" for "submissive" * Substitute teacher Christianity * Sub tuum praesidium, an ancient hymn and prayer dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Computing and technology * , an HTML tag for subscript * SUB designates a subroutine in some programming languages * SUB, substitute character, ASCII character 26 * SUB, subtraction processor command * .sub (other), several file extensions * Subeditor * Subwoofer loudspeaker Typography * Subscript and superscript * Subtitle Entertainment and media * Sub (TV channel) * ''Sub'' (album), a 2000 album by Swiss industrial metal band Apollyon Sun * '' The Sub'', a 2017 American short horror film * ''Subs'' (novel), a 2011 novel by Thor Kunkel Other uses * Seafarers' Union of Burma, or SUB * Submarine sandwich, or hero sandwich * Submarine, a warship with underwater travel capabilities. * Submersible, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trascău Mountains
The Trascău Mountains () are located in the Apuseni mountain range of the Western Romanian Carpathians, in Romania. The Trascău Mountains are crossed by the picturesque Arieș River valley. The highest elevation in the massif is Dâmbău Peak, at . The massif has a length of from the northeast to the southwest and a width running between . The northern sector runs for , from the Arieș River, at Buru, to the Rimetea River, with tallest peaks (Iaru, Cireșu, Bedeleu, Prislop, Secu, Geamănu, Tarcău, etc.) between 1,200 and 1,300 meters. The middle sector continues to the Galda River, with peaks barely reaching 1,100 meters. The southern sector, which contains the Ciumerna Plateau (with an altitude of 1,200 meters) and the Dâmbău and Piatra Caprii peaks, ends at the Ampoi River. Peaks * Dâmbău, 1,369 m * Piatra Caprii, 1,307 m * Vârful Ugerului, 1,285 m * Ardașcheia, 1,250 m * Vârful Cornu, 1,238 m * Vârful Piatra Ceții, 1,233 m * Măgulicea, 1,128 m * Piatra Secui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arieș
The Arieș () is a left tributary of the river Mureș in Transylvania, Romania. It discharges into the Mureș in Gura Arieșului, southwest of Luduș. Its total length (including its headwater Arieșul Mare) is , and its drainage basin area is . Most probably "Arieș" means "Gold River", the name being derived from the Latin "Aureus". The Hungarian name "Aranyos" means "Golden" and it was first mentioned in 1177. Course The source of the river is in the Bihor Mountains, part of the Apuseni Mountains, which translates as The Western Mountains. The Arieș is formed near the village of Mihoești at the confluence of two headwaters: Arieșul Mare and Arieșul Mic. It flows through the Alba and Cluj counties and flows into the Mureș River near the village of Gura Arieșului, which is close to the town of Luduș. The towns of Câmpeni, Baia de Arieș, Turda, and Câmpia Turzii lie on the river Arieș. The upper valley of the river, Țara Moților, is a beautiful rustic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sălciua
Sălciua (; ) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Dealu Caselor (''Hegyik''), Dumești, Sălciua de Jos (the commune center; ''Alsószolcsva''), Sălciua de Sus (''Felsőszolcsva''), Sub Piatră (''Búvópatak''), and Valea Largă (''Malompataka''). It has a population of 1,271 as of 2021. Geography The commune is located the ethnogeographical region of Țara Moților, in the middle of the Apuseni Mountains. It is situated in the north of Alba County, from the county seat, Alba Iulia, and from Baia de Arieș, the nearest town, close to the national road joining Câmpeni to Turda. Lying on the banks of the Arieș River and its tributary, the Sălciuța, in between the Trascău Mountains and , Sălciua has a specific mountain landscape developed on limestone and crystalline schists. The altitude of the surrounding mountains varies between . The big Arieș meadow offers favorable conditions for agriculture, the large cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apuseni Mountains
The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at . The Apuseni Mountains have about 400 caves. Geography The Apuseni Mountains do not present an uninterrupted chain of mountains, but possess many low and easy passes towards the Crișana and the Pannonian Plain. Going from south to north the principal groups are: the Munții Metaliferi ("Ore Mountains") with the basaltic masses of the Detunata () near Abrud; the Bihor Mountains, with numerous caverns, with the highest peak the Bihorul (); to the east of this group are the Muntele Mare (highest peak ), to the southwest of Cluj-Napoca; the northernmost chain is the Seș and Meseș Mountains. Boundaries *To the north: the Barcău River. *To the south: the Mureș River. *To the east: the Transylvanian Plateau. *To the west: the Crișana plains. Subdivisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean, another river, or into an endorheic basin. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Romania
This is a list of rivers of Romania which entirely or partially flow through Romania. Longest rivers The length and drainage area represent only the part of the river within Romania.2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook p. 13 References {{List of rivers of Europe *Romania
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