Tisza facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tisza River
Polish: Cisa Romanian: Tisa Rusyn: Тиса Ukrainian: Тиса Slovak: Tisa Serbian: Тиса
River
The Tisza in Szeged, Hungary
Countries	Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia
Tributaries
- left	Someş, Körös, Mureş
- right	Bodrog
Towns	Sighetu Marmaţiei, Khust, Szolnok, Szeged, Bečej
Source
- location	Eastern Carpathians, Ukraine
- elevation	2,020 m (6,627 ft)
Mouth	Danube
- location	Downstream of Novi Sad, Serbia
Length	1,358 km (844 mi)
Basin	157,183 km² (60,689 sq mi)
Discharge	mouth
- average	814 m³/s (28,746 cu ft/s)

The Tisza is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It starts in Ukraine, with the White Tisza in the Chornohora and Black Tisza in the Gorgany range, and flows partially along the Romanian border. It then enters Hungary at Tiszabecs and passes through Hungary touching the border with Slovakia. It then into the Danube in central Vojvodina in Serbia. The Tisza drains an area of about 157,186 km².

Names for the river in the countries it flows through are:

• Romanian: Tisa;
• Ukrainian: Тиса (Tysa);
• Slovak: Tisa;
• Hungarian: Tisza;
• Serbian: Тиса (Tisa).

Tributaries

River Tisza & Bodrog at Tokaj from above

• Čik (near Bačko Petrovo Selo)
• Jegrička (near Žabalj)
• Begej (near Titel)
• Mureş (in Szeged)
  • Arieş (near Gura Arieşului)
  • Târnava (near Teiuş)
    • Târnava Mare (in Blaj)
    • Târnava Mică (in Blaj)
• Körös (near Csongrád)
  • Crişul Repede River (near Gyoma)
    • Barcău (in Szeghalom)
  • Crişul Alb (near Gyula)
  • Crişul Negru (near Gyula)
• Zagyva (in Szolnok)
• Sajó (in Tiszaújváros)
  • Hornád (near Miskolc)
• Bodrog (in Tokaj)
  • Ondava (near Cejkov)
  • Latorica (near Cejkov)
    • Laborec (near Oborin)
      • Uzh (near Pavlovce nad Uhom)
      • Cirocha (in Humenné)
    • Stara
    • Vicha
    • Kerepets
• Crasna (in Vásárosnamény)
• Someş (near Vásárosnamény)
  • Someşul Mic (in Dej)
    • Someşul Cald (in Gilău)
    • Someşul Rece (in Gilău)
  • Someşul Mare (in Dej)
    • Şieu (in Beclean)
      • Bistriţa (near Bistriţa)
• Tur
• Batár
• Şugătag
• Baia
• Şaroş
• Săpânţa
• Valea Hotarului
• Bicu
• Sarasău
• Valea Iepei
• Iza
  • Mara
• Vişeu

• Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
• Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971

Images for kids

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  Hydrography of the Pannonian basin before the river and lake regulations in the 19th century.

See also

In Spanish: Tisza para niños