Argeș River (Romania)

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Name (Hebrew)
נהר ארג'ש (,רומניה)
Name (Latin)
Argeș River (Romania)
Other forms of name
Rîul Argeș (Romania)
ארג'ש (נהר, רומניה)
Coordinates
26.6169 26.6169 44.0587 44.0587 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers Romania
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q214811
Library of congress: sh 89005401
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Institutul de Studii și Proiectări Hidroenergetice. Amenajarea complexă a rîului Arges : rezumat, 1964.
  • Lippincott
  • Web. geog.
  • Rand McNally
  • Old catalog heading
  • Britannica Micro.
Wikipedia description:

The Argeș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈardʒeʃ] ) is a river in Southern Romania, a left tributary of the Danube. It is 350 km (220 mi) long, and its basin area is 12,550 km2 (4,850 sq mi). Its source is in the Făgăraș Mountains, in the Southern Carpathians and it flows into the Danube at Oltenița. Its average discharge at the mouth is 71 m3/s (2,500 cu ft/s). The main city on the Argeș is Pitești. Upstream, it is retained by the Vidraru Dam, which has created Lake Vidraru. Its upper course, upstream of Lake Vidraru, is also called Capra.

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