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Argeș River

350 km from source to mouth · Romania.

RomaniaRomaniaFlows into Danube5th longest in Romania

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SourceMouthPitești
The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

350km

Average flow

73m³/s

Basin

12,600km²

Drop

792m

from 803 m to 11 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

350 km of river and 49 stops on the way: 42 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

803 m11 m
Sourceat 803 m0 km
Curtea de Argeş32,178 people45 km
Pitești141,275 people91 km
Piteşti141,275 people92 km
Găeşti15,037 people145 km
Petreşti6,020 people154 km
Găiseni5,455 people195 km
Bolintin Vale11,700 people213 km
1 Decembrie7,817 people256 km
Sabar Rivertributary290 km
Danubeat 11 m350 km
0100200300350 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 803 m
  2. 10 kmLake Vidraru5.3 km²
  3. 20 kmCorbeni5,613 people
  4. 35 kmAlbeştii Pământeni5,815 people
  5. 38 kmValea Danului3,089 people
  6. 45 kmCurtea de Argeş32,178 people
  7. 56 kmBăiculeşti6,207 people
  8. 70 kmMerişani4,390 people
  9. 71 kmVâlsan Rivertributary
  10. 83 kmBascov8,759 people
  11. 87 kmMărăcineni4,468 people
  12. 90 kmValea Mare-Podgoria3,102 people
  13. 91 kmRâul Doamneitributary
  14. 91 kmPitești141,275 people
  15. 92 kmPiteşti141,275 people
  16. 100 kmBascov Rivertributary
  17. 112 kmCălineşti10,419 people
  18. 118 kmPopeşti4,104 people
  19. 118 kmCăteasca3,713 people
  20. 120 kmLeordeni6,019 people
  21. 125 kmRăteşti3,368 people
  22. 125 kmCârcinovtributary
  23. 145 kmGăeşti15,037 people
  24. 154 kmPetreşti6,020 people
  25. 156 kmMogoşani4,549 people
  26. 166 kmCosteştii din Vale3,417 people
  27. 179 kmCorbii Mari8,257 people
  28. 187 kmPotlogi8,299 people
  29. 195 kmGăiseni5,455 people
  30. 213 kmBolintin Vale11,700 people
  31. 217 kmOgrezeni4,893 people
  32. 224 kmGrădinari3,738 people
  33. 230 kmButurugeni4,078 people
  34. 238 kmMihăileşti7,506 people
  35. 240 kmCornetu5,063 people
  36. 250 kmNovaci5,431 people
  37. 256 km1 Decembrie7,817 people
  38. 258 kmAdunații-Copăceni3,424 people
  39. 262 kmCopăceni3,043 people
  40. 276 kmColibaşi3,823 people
  41. 290 kmSabar Rivertributary
  42. 297 kmHotarele8,790 people
  43. 309 kmBudeşti9,598 people
  44. 314 kmDâmbovița Rivertributary
  45. 315 kmŞoldanu3,488 people
  46. 316 kmRadovanu5,065 people
  47. 322 kmCurcani5,167 people
  48. 326 kmMitreni4,831 people
  49. 340 kmOlteniţa22,624 people
  50. 345 kmTutrakan9,214 people
  51. 350 kmDanubeat 11 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

Romanian river

At the mouth it carries 73 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 34 seconds. It drops from 803 m to 11 m, 2.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 12,600 km², about the size of QA. 3.3 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to July. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (25% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • PiteştiLargest city on its banks · 141,275 people
  • Craiova International Airport (CRA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 98 km from the cityCar hire at CRA airport (Craiova)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water1 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Argeș River, month by month

Highest water: from April to July

Best months to visit: from May to September.

52
-2°37 mmJan
52
0°36 mmFeb
120
5°35 mmMar
150
11°49 mmApr
170
16°71 mmMay
150
20°83 mmJun
140
22°65 mmJul
100
21°54 mmAug
61
17°43 mmSep
48
11°36 mmOct
78
5°45 mmNov
110
0°42 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 48 m³/s in the lowest month to 170 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

Argeș River: the basin in numbers

12,652 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Heavily regulatedReservoirs can hold 25% of a year's flow: dams shape its seasons.
  • 3.3millionpeople live in the basin
  • 265/km²people per km²
  • 377maverage altitude of the basin
  • 648mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 9.3°Caverage air temperature
  • 3%protected areas
  • 0.5%covered by lakes
  • 0.8km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 32% Forest
  • 52% Cropland
  • 12% Pasture
  • 7% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

Argeș River: what you find on the way

  • 14DamsBaraj Cumpăna, Barajul Cumpăna, Barajul Valea lui Stan and 11 more
  • 3Weirs
  • 1Waterfalls
  • 1Boat rentals
  • 3River beachesPlaja Vâlcele, Sumerkiss Ogrezeni

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Argeș River in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 1lake on its wayLakeyas
  • 23mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Lakes and reservoirs (1)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Lake Vidrarukm 85.3km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

Mountains at the source (23)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Lespezi14 km away1,735m
  2. Scroafa11 km away1,623m
  3. Clabucet-Nucsoara12 km away1,578m
  4. Clabucet14 km away1,548m
  5. Stubeaua12 km away1,518m
  6. Valea Rea7.7 km away1,413m
  7. Stoila11 km away1,401m
  8. Albina2.3 km away1,372m

15 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Argeș River: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Argeș River: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth15 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

Argeș River in pictures

Arges rivier
Unknown author · Public domain
Arges.Mihailesti-Cornetu
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.5 pl
Arges River Reflections (55161717370)
Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie from London, UK · CC BY-SA 4.0
Preziosi - Lunca Argeşului
Amedeo Preziosi · Public domain

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

DanubeRomaniaRomania2,850 km5,400 m³/s

Tributaries (19)

Dâmbovița RiverRomaniaRomania286 km19 m³/sjoins at km 256

Also: Neajlov River, Râul Doamnei, Cârcinov, Vâlsan River, Bascov River, Bănești River, Budișteanca River, Buda River, Cumpăna River, Luica River, Rasa River, Râncaciov River, Sabar River, Tutana River, Valea Danului River, Valea Iașului River, Valea cu Pești River, Valea lui Stan River

In the same basin

TiszaSerbiaSerbia966 km800 m³/sSavaSerbiaSerbia945 km1,700 m³/sDravaCroatiaCroatia720 km620 m³/sInnGermanyGermany517 km740 m³/sPrutMoldovaMoldova953 km120 m³/sIsarGermanyGermany292 km170 m³/sMoravaAustriaAustria388 km110 m³/sDrinaSerbiaSerbia346 km120 m³/sSiret RiverRomaniaRomania740 km230 m³/sOlt RiverRomaniaRomania615 km170 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

Dâmbovița RiverRomaniaRomania286 km19 m³/s21 km awayYantraBulgariaBulgaria286 km37 m³/s96 km awayPrahova RiverRomaniaRomania183 km28 m³/s74 km awayVedea RiverRomaniaRomania224 km8.4 m³/s96 km awayIalomița RiverRomaniaRomania414 km70 m³/s122 km awayOlt RiverRomaniaRomania615 km170 m³/s150 km awayOsamBulgariaBulgaria314 km13 m³/s147 km awaySiret RiverRomaniaRomania740 km230 m³/s186 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q214811) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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