Someș River
Sign in to saveThe Someș () or Szamos ( or Samosch) is a left tributary of the Tisza in Hungary and Romania. It has a length of (including its source river Someșul Mare), of which 50 km are in Hungary. The Someș is the fifth largest river by length and volume in Romania. The hydrographic basin forms by the confluence at Mica, a commune about 4 km upstream of Dej, of Someșul Mare and Someșul Mic rivers. Someșul Mic (formed by the confluence of Someșul Rece with Someșul Cald) originates in the Apuseni Mountains, and Someșul Mare springs from the Rodna Mountains.
Key facts
- River.name
- Someș/Szamos
- River.image
- RO SJ Raul Somes la Letca (2).JPG
- River.image_caption
- The Someș at Letca, Sălaj County
- River.map
- Raul Somes.png
- River.map_caption
- The Someș marked in fuchsia color
- River.source1_location
- Confluence of Someșul Mare and Someșul Mic
- River.mouth_location
- Tisza
- River.subdivision_type1
- Countries
- River.subdivision_type2
- Cities
- River.name_etymology
- According to one view: borrowed Hungarian (Szamos, archaically Zomus), perhaps directly from Slavic, from latin. The Hungarian name formed with Slavic mediation. In Roman times, the river was known as Samum (accusative). Its root may be in connection with the French river name Somme. A proposed Indo-European root, *s(w)om-isyo ('rich in catfish') is unlikely. The opposite view starts from the radical çam-, through Latin Samus, and by late substrate transition of stressed a to stressed o (like in Potaissa/Patavissa).
- River.tributaries_left
- Someșul Mic, Sălaj
- River.tributaries_right
- Someșul Mare, Lăpuș
- River.waterbodies
- 7
- River.discharge1_location
- Vásárosnamény, Hungary (near mouth)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- A Szamos.jpg
- Length
- 418
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- watershed area
- 15015
- Commons category
- Someș/Szamos River
- discharge
- 120.0
- native label
- Someș
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The Someș () or Szamos ( or Samosch) is a left tributary of the Tisza in Hungary and Romania. It has a length of (including its source river Someșul Mare), of which 50 km are in Hungary. The Someș is the fifth largest river by length and volume in Romania. The hydrographic basin forms by the confluence at Mica, a commune about 4 km upstream of Dej, of Someșul Mare and Someșul Mic rivers. Someșul Mic (formed by the confluence of Someșul Rece with Someșul Cald) originates in the Apuseni Mountains, and Someșul Mare springs from the Rodna Mountains.
Someșul Mare has a length of 130 km and an area of 5,033 km2 and a slight asymmetry in favor of the left side of the basin. For the entire basin of Someș, the asymmetry on left becomes pronounced between Dej and Ardusat to change in the opposite direction after receiving the Lăpuș on the right side. The valley of Someșul Mare has much auriferous alluvium that, until the early 20th century, were brought to the surface using traditional tools. Specialists say that in the Someșul Mare were found grains of gold of 21 carats.
On the map
4 mapped locations