Körös / Criș | |
Map: | Körös.png |
Map Size: | 280px |
Subdivision Type1: | Countries |
Subdivision Name1: | Hungary and Romania |
Subdivision Type4: | Counties |
Subdivision Type5: | Towns |
Length: | 128.6km (79.9miles) |
Discharge1 Location: | Csongrád (near mouth) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 105m3/s115.859m3/s[1] |
Source1: | Confluence of headwaters Crișul Alb and Crișul Negru |
Source1 Location: | near Gyula |
Source1 Coordinates: | 46.7003°N 21.2692°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 85m (279feet) |
Mouth: | Tisza |
Mouth Location: | near Csongrád |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.7172°N 20.1883°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 80m (260feet) |
Basin Size: | 27537km227123.2km2[2] |
Tributaries Left: | Crișul Alb (Fehér-Körös), Crișul Negru (Fekete-Körös) |
Tributaries Right: | Crișul Repede (Sebes-Körös) |
The Körös (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈkørøʃ/) or Criș (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /'kriʃ/) (German: Kreisch) is a river in eastern Hungary and western Romania. Its length is 128.6km (79.9miles) from the confluence of its two source rivers Fehér-Körös (Crișul Alb) and Fekete-Körös (Crișul Negru) to its outflow into the Tisza. Its drainage basin area is 27537km2.[3] It has three source rivers, all with their origin in the Apuseni Mountains in Transylvania, Romania: Crișul Alb (Fehér-Körös), Crișul Negru (Fekete-Körös) and Crișul Repede (Sebes-Körös). The confluence of the rivers Fehér-Körös (Crișul Alb) and Fekete-Körös (Crișul Negru) is near the town Gyula. The Körös downstream from Gyula is also called the Kettős-Körös (Hungarian for "double Körös"). 37.3 km further downstream, near Gyomaendrőd, the Sebes-Körös (Crișul Repede) joins the Körös/Criș. The section downstream from Gyomaendrőd is also called the Hármas-Körös (Hungarian for "triple Körös"). The Körös flows into the Tisza River near Csongrád.
It was known in antiquity as the "Chrysus", Crisus, Crisia, Grisia, or Gerasus.