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Valea Racilor (Arieș)
The Valea Racilor is a small river in the Apuseni Mountains, Cluj County, western Romania. It is a left tributary of the river Arieș. It flows through the municipalities Feleacu, Tureni and Turda Turda (; , ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the European route E81, and from nearby Câmpia ..., and joins the Arieș in the town Turda. e-calauza.ro It is fed by several smaller streams, including the Fâneața Vacilor. Its length is and its basin size is . References [...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] |
Cluj County
Cluj County () is a county () of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat is Cluj-Napoca. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Kolozs megye''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Kolozs County, ) existed since the 11th century. Geography Cluj County lies in the northwestern half of the country, between parallels 47°28' in north and 46°24' in south, meridians 23°39' in west and 24°13' in east, respectively. It covers an area of unfolded in the contact zone of three representative natural units: the Apuseni Mountains, the Transylvanian Plateau, Someș Plateau, and the Transylvanian Plain. Cluj County is the 12th largest in the country and occupies 2.8% of Romania's area. It is bordered to the northeast with Maramureș County, Maramureș and Bistrița-Năsăud County, Bistrița-Năsăud counties, to the east with Mureș County, to the south with Alba County, and to the west with Bihor County, Bihor and Sălaj County, Sălaj counties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feleacu
Feleacu (; ) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Casele Micești (''Kaszoly''), Feleacu, Gheorghieni (''Györgyfalva''), Sărădiș (''Seregélyes''), and Vâlcele (''Bányabükk''). Demographics At the 2021 census, Feleacu had a population of 5,693, an increase from the 2011 census, when the commune had a population of 3,923. Across time, the commune's population has evolved as follows: Natives Ștefan Micle Ștefan Micle (25 September 1820 – 4 August 1879) was an Imperial Austrian-born and Romanian physicist and chemist. Born into a poor family in Feleacu, then in Imperial Austrian-ruled Transylvania and now in Cluj County, Romania, he attended pr ... (1820–1879), physicist and chemist Infrastructure * Guyed TV mast for FM-/TV-broadcasting (height: ) and some lattice towers with directional antennas at 46°42'52"N 23°38'32"E. Notes Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tureni
Tureni () is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Ceanu Mic (''Pusztacsán''), Comșești (''Komjátszeg''), Mărtinești (''Pusztaszentmárton''), Micești (''Mikes''), and Tureni. Geography The commune lies in the northern foothills of the Apuseni Mountains, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Valea Racilor. The spans a length of , within a protected area of the commune. Tureni is located in the south-central part of the county, within the Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area, northwest of Turda and southeast of the county seat, Cluj-Napoca. It is crossed by national road DN1. Demographics At the census from 2002, there was a total population of 2,585 people living in this commune; of those, 71.64% were ethnic Romanians, 23.86% ethnic Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turda
Turda (; , ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the European route E81, and from nearby Câmpia Turzii. The city consists of four neighborhoods: Turda Veche, Turda Nouă, Oprișani, and Poiana. It is traversed from west to east by the Arieș, Arieș River and north to south by its tributary, Valea Racilor (Arieș), Valea Racilor. History Ancient times There is evidence of human settlement in the area dating to the Middle Paleolithic, some 60,000 years ago. The Dacians established a town that Ptolemy in his Geography (Ptolemy), ''Geography'' calls ''Patreuissa'', which is probably a corruption of ''Patavissa'' or ''Potaissa'', the latter being more common. It was conquered by the Ancient Rome, Romans, who kept the name ''Potaissa'', between AD 101 and 106, during the rule of Trajan, together with parts of Decebalus, Decebal's Da ... [...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] |
Fâneața Vacilor
The Fâneața Vacilor is a left tributary of the Valea Racilor in Romania. It flows into the Valea Racilor in Turda Turda (; , ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the European route E81, and from nearby Câmpia .... Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Cluj County {{Cluj-river-stub ... [...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
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 ...
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