Eger (; "Eger Stream") is the longest watercourse in and around the city
Eger
Eger ( , ; ; also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights, Eger is best known for Castle of Eger, its ...
in
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. From the area by the village of Balaton, by the Vajda well, the stream flows through the valley of Eger between the
Bükk and
Mátra
The Mátra () is a mountain range in northern Hungary, between the towns Gyöngyös and Eger. The country's highest peak, Kékestető (1014 m), belongs to this mountain range.
Formation Pre-volcanic formations
The formation of the Mátra ...
mountains. After 68 kilometers in a south-easterly direction, the stream empties into
Lake Tisza (
Tisza
The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo ...
) from the right side. The length of the main branch is about 40 kilometers. Almost the entire area of the districts of
Eger
Eger ( , ; ; also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights, Eger is best known for Castle of Eger, its ...
and
Bélapátfalva lies in the catchment area of the watercourse, therefore it is a crucial component in the hydrography of the region. The stream is part of the Eger–Laskó–Csincse water system.
The stream is known by the name Rima (''Rima-patak'') in the lower reaches, downstream from the village of Nagytálya.
Geography
The Eger stream originates in the western foothills of the
Bükk Mountains, in the ''Ózd-Egercsehi basin'', at an altitude of 360 metres above sea level. The stream runs southwards across the foothills of the western half of the mountain range in the north-south direction in the trench of its own fault line, then cuts through the ''Egri-Bükk valley'' to the ''Hevesi plain'', which forms the northern edge of the lowlands, and then turns eastwards across the county border to form the western edge of the ''Borsodi-Mezőség'' region. The stream finally flows into the artificially created
Lake Tisza between
Poroszló and
Négyes at an altitude of 89 m above sea level. When the reservoir was created, a large stretch of the former bed of the Eger stream and its surroundings was brought below the water level of the artificial lake. At the low water level of
Lake Tisza, the former bed is still visible in places.
Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Eger:
''The main watercourses of the Eger stream catchment''
References
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Tributaries of the Tisza
Rivers of Hungary