River
Ialomița River
414 km from source to mouth · Romania.
RomaniaFlows into Danube4th longest in Romania
In numbers
Length
414km
Average flow
70m³/s
Basin
8,900km²
Drop
745m
from 749 m to 4 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
414 km of river and 36 stops on the way: 30 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 749 m
- 17 kmCeraşu5,105 people
- 36 kmDrajna de Jos5,660 people
- 43 kmVălenii de Munte12,044 people
- 49 kmGura Viţioarei5,947 people
- 55 kmGornet3,076 people
- 58 kmMăgurele4,812 people
- 62 kmDumbrăveşti3,664 people
- 68 kmLipăneşti4,985 people
- 78 kmBlejoi7,646 people
- 84 kmPloieşti180,540 people
- 90 kmBucov10,279 people
- 98 kmBerceni5,976 people
- 107 kmDumbrava4,394 people
- 111 kmRâfov5,472 people
- 134 kmGherghiţa3,968 people
- 139 kmDrăgăneşti5,156 people
- 162 kmAdâncata3,083 people
- 171 kmCociovaliștea Rivertributary
- 175 kmDridu5,111 people
- 175 kmPrahova Rivertributary
- 175 kmDridu Reservoir5.8 km²
- 192 kmCoşereni6,957 people
- 200 kmBărbulești3,753 people
- 200 kmSărata Rivertributary
- 201 kmUrziceni16,770 people
- 205 kmCotorca Rivertributary
- 206 kmManasia4,617 people
- 226 kmIon Roată3,689 people
- 272 kmCăzăneşti3,604 people
- 280 kmCiochina3,573 people
- 302 kmPerieţi3,638 people
- 327 kmSlobozia41,550 people
- 342 kmLacul Gheorghe Lazăr1.8 km²
- 351 kmBucu5,232 people
- 372 kmŢăndărei12,761 people
- 395 kmVlădeni1,870 people
- 414 kmDanubeat 4 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 70 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 36 seconds. It drops from 749 m to 4 m, 1.8 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 8,900 km², about the size of PR. 1.3 million people live in it. Highest water: February, April and from June to July. Its dams hold back little of its water (2.1% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- PloieştiLargest city on its banks · 180,540 people
- Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 43 km from the cityCar hire at OTP airport (Otopeni)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water3 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Ialomița River, month by month
Highest water: February, April and from June to July
Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 73 m³/s in the lowest month to 220 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
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The basin
Ialomița River: the basin in numbers
11,116 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.3millionpeople live in the basin
- 120/km²people per km²
- 304maverage altitude of the basin
- 604mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 9.6°Caverage air temperature
- 2%protected areas
- 0.6%covered by lakes
- 0.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 28% Forest
- 54% Cropland
- 13% Pasture
- 6% 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
Ialomița River: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 2Ferry piers
- 1Marinas
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.8 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Ialomița 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.
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
46mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Dridu Reservoirkm 1125.8km²
- Lacul Gheorghe Lazărkm 2191.8km²
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Mountains at the source (46)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Ciucaș Mountains15 km away1,954m
- Gropsoarele12 km away1,883m
- Tigaile Mari15 km away1,844m
- Bratocea14 km away1,843m
- Bratocea Mica13 km away1,769m
- Zaganul12 km away1,757m
- Bobu Mic7.2 km away1,752m
- Bobul Mare5.9 km away1,732m
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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
Ialomița River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
DanubeRomania2,850 km5,400 m³/sTributaries (19)
Also: Cricovul Dulce, Sărata River, Cociovaliștea River, Cotorca River, Crivăț River, Bizdidel River, Brătei River, Slănic de Gura Ocniței River, Racovița River, Ialomicioara River, Ialomicioara River, Pâscov River, Raciu River, Slănic de Răzvad River, Snagov River, Vulcana River, Țâța River, Strachina
Serbia
Croatia
Germany
AustriaNearby
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Ukraine1,352 km310 m³/s257 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q726693) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point 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 | Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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