Stream
Crișul Alb River
236 km from source to mouth · Hungary and Romania.
Hungary and RomaniaFlows into Kettős-Körös5th longest in Hungary
In numbers
Length
236km
Average flow
24m³/s
Basin
8,531km²
Drop
208m
from 288 m to 80 m
Countries
2
The journey
From source to mouth
236 km of river and 21 stops on the way: 15 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmApuseni Mountainsat 288 m
- 12 kmCrişcior4,232 people
- 19 kmBrad15,988 people
- 38 kmBaldovin Rivertributary
- 45 kmVaţa de Jos4,239 people
- 58 kmHălmagiu3,507 people
- 62 kmHălmăgeltributary
- 64 kmVârfurile3,247 people
- 85 kmGurahonţ4,427 people
- 86 kmSighișoara Rivertributary
- 89 kmZimbru Rivertributary
- 108 kmButeni3,424 people
- 113 kmChișindiatributary
- 116 kmSebiş6,168 people
- 135 kmBocsig3,493 people
- 146 kmIneu10,051 people
- 154 kmŞicula4,503 people
- 171 kmCigher Rivertributary
- 183 kmChişineu-Criş8,171 people
- 213 kmGyula32,269 people
- 224 kmDoboz4,466 people
- 235 kmBékés21,198 people
- 236 kmKettős-Körösat 80 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Romania
At the mouth it carries 24 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 106 seconds. It drops from 288 m to 80 m, 0.9 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 8,531 km², about the size of PR. 351,000 people live in it. Highest water: February, April and from June to July. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- GyulaLargest city on its banks · 32,269 people
- Arad International Airport (ARW)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 53 km from the cityCar hire at TSR airport (Timişoara)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water9 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Crișul Alb River, month by month
Highest water: February, April and from June to July
Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 21 m³/s in the lowest month to 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
Crișul Alb River: the basin in numbers
8,531 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 351,000people live in the basin
- 41/km²people per km²
- 312maverage altitude of the basin
- 640mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 9.8°Caverage air temperature
- 3%protected areas
- 0.1%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 40% Forest
- 38% Cropland
- 23% Pasture
- 1% 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
Crișul Alb River: what you find on the way
- 1WeirsGyulai duzzasztó
- 2Boat ramps
- 2Ferry piers
- 3MarinasDánfoki Kikötő, Békési Kishajó Kikötő
- 1River beachesSzanazugi strand (Doboz)
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Crișul Alb 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.
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Vârful Fericelii9.9 km away
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
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
Crișul Alb River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (39)
Also: Zimbru River, Chișindia, Hălmăgel, Cigher River, Chișer River, Gut River, Bodești River, Sebiș River, Dumbrăvița River, Craicova River, Crocna River, Feniș River, Glimea River, Valea Leucii River, Valea Rea River, Almaș River, Valea Mare River, Sighișoara River, Canalul Morilor, Mustești River, Tăcașele River, Bucureșci River, Buceș River, Artan River
Croatia
Germany
Moldova
AustriaNearby
Rivers nearby
Hungary209 km19 m³/s22 km awayBarcău RiverHungary134 km6.1 m³/s20 km awayMureș RiverHungary803 km160 m³/s99 km awayKörös RiverHungary93 km21 m³/s73 km awayZagyvaHungary179 km9.5 m³/s85 km awaySajóHungary229 km70 m³/s129 km awayHornádHungary286 km31 m³/s132 km awayTisza
Serbia966 km800 m³/s194 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2468292) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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