Szamos River

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The Szamos River is a Central European river flowing through Romania and Hungary, known for joining the Tisa River and draining part of the Eastern Carpathians.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Szamos 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
confluenceLocation near Vásárosnamény
continent Europe
country Hungary
Romania
countryBorderRegion Romania–Hungary NERFINISHED
dischargesInto Tisa River at Vásárosnamény
drainageBasin Eastern Carpathians NERFINISHED
drains parts of northern Transylvania
parts of the Eastern Carpathians
ecoregion Carpathian freshwater ecoregions
environmentalIssue periodic flooding
water quality concerns
flowsGenerallyTowards northwest
flowsThrough Satu Mare County NERFINISHED
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County NERFINISHED
Transylvania NERFINISHED
geologicalRegion Eastern Carpathians foothills NERFINISHED
hasEconomicImportanceFor Hungary NERFINISHED
Romania NERFINISHED
hasFloodplain Tisa–Szamos confluence area NERFINISHED
hasTributary Iza River NERFINISHED
Lăpuș River NERFINISHED
Someșul Mare NERFINISHED
Someșul Mic NERFINISHED
hasValley Szamos Valley NERFINISHED
hydrologicalRole right-bank tributary of the Tisa River
languageVariantName Someș NERFINISHED
Szamos NERFINISHED
locatedIn Central Europe
Great Hungarian Plain (lower course vicinity)
Romanian Carpathians region NERFINISHED
locatedInHydrologicalSystem Danube watershed NERFINISHED
mouth Tisa River NERFINISHED
nameInLanguage Someș@ro
Szamos@hu
partOf Danube River basin NERFINISHED
Tisa River basin NERFINISHED
partOfTransboundaryWatercourse Romania–Hungary shared river systems
region Carpathian Basin NERFINISHED
sourceLocation Eastern Carpathians NERFINISHED
tributaryOf Tisa River NERFINISHED
usesFor fishing
hydropower (local scale)
irrigation

Referenced by (2)

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Szamos (Someș) hasNameInHungarian Szamos River
subject surface form: Someș
this entity surface form: Szamos
Tisa River tributary Szamos River