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Bega River

256 km from source to mouth · Romania.

RomaniaRomaniaFlows into Tisza

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

In numbers

Length

256km

Average flow

13m³/s

Basin

2,870km²

Drop

170m

from 236 m to 66 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

256 km of river and 23 stops on the way: 16 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

236 m66 m
Sourceat 236 m0 km
Făget7,125 people36 km
Chizdia Rivertributary77 km
Recaş8,508 people101 km
Timişoara250,849 people130 km
Uivar4,378 people160 km
Torak4,289 people191 km
Zrenjanin67,129 people218 km
Tiszaat 66 m256 km
0100200256 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 236 m
  2. 36 kmFăget7,125 people
  3. 58 kmBethausen3,012 people
  4. 77 kmChizdia Rivertributary
  5. 79 kmBelinţ3,023 people
  6. 101 kmRecaş8,508 people
  7. 111 kmRemetea Mare3,473 people
  8. 118 kmGhiroda4,857 people
  9. 121 kmMoşniţa Nouă4,268 people
  10. 130 kmTimişoara250,849 people
  11. 132 kmPodul Iuliu Maniu
  12. 143 kmSânmihaiu Român4,343 people
  13. 160 kmUivar4,378 people
  14. 180 kmSrpski Itebej3,281 people
  15. 191 kmTorak4,289 people
  16. 197 kmŽitište3,060 people
  17. 213 kmBega Veche Rivertributary
  18. 218 kmGreat Bridge
  19. 218 kmDry Bridge
  20. 218 kmZrenjanin67,129 people
  21. 218 kmSmall Bridge
  22. 225 kmEčka5,293 people
  23. 242 kmBelo jezero9.8 km²
  24. 248 kmTitel6,227 people
  25. 256 kmTiszaat 66 m

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

River in Romania and Serbia

At the mouth it carries 13 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 192 seconds. It drops from 236 m to 66 m, 0.7 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,870 km², about the size of LU. 12.5 million people live in it. Highest water: from February to March and May. Its dams hold back little of its water (7.1% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • TimişoaraLargest city on its banks · 250,849 people
  • Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 11 km from the cityCar hire at TSR airport (Timişoara)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water12 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Bega River, month by month

Highest water: from February to March and May

Best months to visit: from May to September.

870
-1°38 mmJan
2,100
2°38 mmFeb
1,700
6°36 mmMar
1,300
12°48 mmApr
1,900
16°65 mmMay
1,400
20°80 mmJun
1,500
21°62 mmJul
1,200
21°51 mmAug
810
18°42 mmSep
410
12°39 mmOct
750
6°48 mmNov
1,400
2°52 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 410 m³/s in the lowest month to 2,100 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

Bega River: the basin in numbers

154,037 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Lightly regulatedReservoirs can hold 7.1% of a year's flow.
  • 12.5millionpeople live in the basin
  • 82/km²people per km²
  • 356maverage altitude of the basin
  • 648mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 9.0°Caverage air temperature
  • 8%protected areas
  • 0.3%covered by lakes
  • 2.1km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 36% Forest
  • 39% Cropland
  • 21% Pasture
  • 3% 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

Bega River: what you find on the way

  • 2Dams
  • 5Weirs
  • 9LocksBega, Itebej lock gate and 7 more
  • 1WaterfallsSopot waterfall
  • 1Boat rampsBega
  • 11Ferry piersMihai Viteazul, Dacia, Corneliu Coposu and 8 more
  • 3River beachesKnićanin plaža na Tisi

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Bega 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

Lakes and reservoirs (1)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Belo jezerokm 237 · 2 m deep9.8km²

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From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Bega River: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Bega River: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth54 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

Bega River in pictures

Bridge over Bega (Begej) river near Žitište, Serbia
Nenad Bumbić · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bega River (Begej) between Žitište and Klek, Serbia
Nenad Bumbić · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bega River in Timisoara
Simionoff · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bega, Timișoara, August 2022 (2)
Vacant0 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

TiszaSerbiaSerbia966 km800 m³/s

Tributaries (21)

Also: Bega Veche River, Chizdia River, Galațca River, Behela River, Coșteiu-Chizătău Canal, Gherteamoș River, Miniș River, Bega Luncanilor River, Bega Poieni River, Bunea River, Cladova River, Fădimac River, Gladna River, Nieregiș River, Timișel River, Icui River, Mociur River, Năndrăneasca River, Vale River, Vădana River, Zopana River

In the same basin

DanubeRomaniaRomania2,850 km5,400 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

SavaSerbiaSerbia945 km1,700 m³/s40 km awayTimiș RiverSerbiaSerbia359 km47 m³/s46 km awayDrinaSerbiaSerbia346 km120 m³/s82 km awayGreat MoravaSerbiaSerbia185 km230 m³/s78 km awayDravaCroatiaCroatia720 km620 m³/s115 km awayMureș RiverHungaryHungary803 km160 m³/s116 km awayBosutSerbiaSerbia186 km17 m³/s78 km awayBosnaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina282 km140 m³/s144 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q615051) · 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 — 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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