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Tisza Tisza(Hungarian) Tisa(Romanian) Тиса(Rusyn) Тиса(Ukrainian) Tisa(Slovak) Тиса / Tisa(Serbian)
👁 Image The Tisza in Szeged, Hungary
👁 Image Map of the Tisza
Location
Countries	Ukraine Romania Hungary Slovakia Serbia
Towns	Sighetu Marmației Khust Szolnok Szeged Bečej
Physical characteristics
Source
-location	Eastern Carpathians, Ukraine
-elevation	2,020m (6,630ft)
Mouth	Danube
-location	Downstream of Novi Sad, Serbia
-coordinates	45°8′17″N 20°16′39″E / 45.13806°N 20.27750°E / 45.13806; 20.27750^[1]
Length	966km (600mi)
Basin size	156,087km² (60,266sqmi)^[2] 154,073.1km² (59,488.0sqmi)^[3]
Discharge
-location	Novi Slankamen, Serbia (near mouth)
-average	820m³/s (29,000cuft/s) 920.111m³/s (32,493.4cuft/s)^[3]
-minimum	160m³/s (5,700cuft/s)
-maximum	4,500m³/s (160,000cuft/s)
Discharge
-location	Szeged, Hungary (173.6 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 138,857.7km² (53,613.3sqmi)^[3]
-average	769m³/s (27,200cuft/s) 890.451m³/s (31,446.0cuft/s)^[3]
Discharge
-location	Szolnok, Hungary (334.6 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 72,889.4km² (28,142.8sqmi)^[3]
-average	546m³/s (19,300cuft/s) 578.922m³/s (20,444.4cuft/s)
Discharge
-location	Tokaj, Hungary (543.079 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 49,120.9km² (18,965.7sqmi)^[3]
-average	465m³/s (16,400cuft/s) 468.77m³/s (16,554cuft/s)^[3]
Discharge
-location	Vásárosnamény, Hungary (684.45 km upstream of mouth - Basin size: 30,978.9km² (11,961.0sqmi)^[3]
-average	340.62m³/s (12,029cuft/s)^[3]
Basin features
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
-left	Someș, Körös, Mureș, Bega
-right	Bodrog, Sajó, Eger, Zagyva

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 157,186km².

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

Romanian: Tisa;
Ukrainian: Тиса (Tysa);
Slovak: Tisa;
Hungarian: Tisza (pronounced ['tisɒ]);
Serbian: Тиса (Tisa).

Tributaries

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👁 Image

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

Sources

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

References

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↑ Tisza at GEOnet Names Server
↑ Tockner, Klement; Uehlinger, Urs; Robinson, Christopher T., eds. (2009). Rivers of Europe (Firsted.). London: Academic Press. Sec. 3.9.5. ISBN 978-0-12-369449-2.
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