Crasna (Tisza)

For other uses of "Crasna", see Crasna (disambiguation).

River in Hungary: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Romania and Hungary

Crasna

(Kraszna)

The Kraszna at Mátészalka in Hungary

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Location
Countries| Romania and Hungary
Counties| Romania: Sălaj and Satu Mare
Hungary: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Towns|

* Șimleu Silvaniei
* Mátészalka

Physical characteristics
Mouth| Tisza

• location

| Vásárosnamény

• coordinates

| 48°8′16″N 22°19′8″E﻿ / ﻿48.13778°N 22.31889°E﻿ / 48.13778; 22.31889
Length| 193 km (120 mi)
Basin size| 1,931 km2 (746 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression| Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries|
• right| Zalău

The Crasna (Romanian) or Kraszna (Hungarian) is the name of a river in northwestern Romania and northeastern Hungary. The Crasna is a left tributary of the Tisza. Its source is in Transylvania, Romania, near the village of Crasna. It flows through the Romanian counties Sălaj and Satu Mare and the Hungarian county Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. It flows into the Tisza in Vásárosnamény. Cities along the Crasna are Șimleu Silvaniei in Romania, Nagyecsed and Mátészalka in Hungary.

Until the 1890s the Crasna discharged into the river Someș. Since then, the lower course of the Crasna has been regulated and it discharges into the Tisza 3.5 km downstream of the confluence of Tisza and Someș.[1]: 20  Its basin size is 1,931 km2 (746 sq mi).[1]: 22

## Towns and villages

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The following towns and villages are situated along the river Crasna, from source to mouth: Cizer, Horoatu Crasnei, Crasna, Vârșolț, Pericei, Șimleu Silvaniei, Măeriște, Sărmășag, Bobota, Supur, Acâș, Craidorolț, Moftin, Berveni (in Romania) and Nagyecsed, Mátészalka and Vásárosnamény (in Hungary).

## Tributaries

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The following rivers are tributaries to the Crasna:[2]

* Left: Ban, Marin, Mortăuța, Carastelec, Zănicel, Valea Neagră, Horea
* Right: Valea Boului, Pria, Ponița, Colițca, Zalău, Maja, Cerna, Maria, Tăul Terebești

## References

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1. ^ a b Analysis of the Tisza River Basin 2007, IPCDR
2. ^ Atlasul cadastrului apelor din România. Partea 1 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ministerul Mediului. 1992. pp. 88–92\. OCLC 895459847. River code: II.2

## External links

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* Media related to Crasna/Kraszna River at Wikimedia Commons

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