River
Prahova River
183 km from source to mouth · Romania.
RomaniaFlows into Ialomița River
In numbers
Length
183km
Average flow
28m³/s
Basin
3,740km²
Drop
691m
from 749 m to 58 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
183 km of river and 38 stops on the way: 35 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 749 m
- 10 kmMăneciu-Ungureni2,401 people
- 11 kmCeraşu5,105 people
- 12 kmGheaba2,928 people
- 15 kmIzvoarele2,329 people
- 16 kmHomorâciu2,031 people
- 23 kmDrajna de Jos5,660 people
- 28 kmVălenii de Munte12,044 people
- 29 kmBughea de Jos1,021 people
- 29 kmPoiana Copăceni1,015 people
- 31 kmGura Viţioarei5,947 people
- 34 kmFăgetu1,269 people
- 37 kmMăgurele4,812 people
- 40 kmDumbrăveşti3,664 people
- 42 kmPlopeni1,590 people
- 44 kmLipăneşti4,985 people
- 45 kmȘipotu2,241 people
- 50 kmBlejoi7,646 people
- 52 kmPloieștiori2,685 people
- 58 kmBucov10,279 people
- 60 kmChițorani1,146 people
- 62 kmRachieri1,199 people
- 64 kmBerceni5,976 people
- 65 kmPantazi1,221 people
- 70 kmDumbrava4,394 people
- 72 kmRâfov5,472 people
- 79 kmBuda1,139 people
- 81 kmPalanca1,189 people
- 81 kmTeleajentributary
- 87 kmGherghiţa3,968 people
- 90 kmMeri1,043 people
- 91 kmDrăgăneşti5,156 people
- 98 kmRădulești1,006 people
- 102 kmMaia1,991 people
- 105 kmCricovul Sărat Rivertributary
- 105 kmAdâncata3,083 people
- 112 kmPatru Frați1,161 people
- 113 kmDridu5,111 people
- 113 kmDridu Reservoir5.8 km²
- 114 kmIalomița Riverat 58 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 28 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 88 seconds. It drops from 749 m to 58 m, 3.8 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 3,740 km², about the size of CV. 664,000 people live in it. Highest water: March; lowest: from January to February. Its dams hold back little of its water (4.9% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- Vălenii de MunteLargest city on its banks · 12,044 people
- Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 68 km from the cityCar hire at OTP airport (Otopeni)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
Prahova River, month by month
Highest water: March
Lowest water: from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 25 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.
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The basin
Prahova River: the basin in numbers
3,670 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 664,000people live in the basin
- 181/km²people per km²
- 549maverage altitude of the basin
- 681mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 8.2°Caverage air temperature
- 2%protected areas
- 0.1%covered by lakes
- 0.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 51% Forest
- 32% Cropland
- 22% Pasture
- 11% 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
Prahova River: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 1Marinas
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.5 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Prahova 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
46mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Dridu Reservoirkm 1135.8km²
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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
38 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
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
Prahova River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Ialomița RiverRomania414 km70 m³/sTributaries (24)
Also: Teleajen, Azuga River, Cricovul Sărat River, Doftana River, Râșnoava River, Puriștoaca River, Belia River, Câmpea, Olăreasa River, Ursoaia Mare River, Valea Cerbului River, Valea Cășăriei River, Viișoara River, Izvorul Dorului River, Peleș River, Poienari River, Pârlita River, Pârâul lui Vlad, Urlătoarea River, Ursoaia Mică River, Valea Iancului River, Valea Mărului River, Valea Seacă River, Zgarbura River
Serbia
Croatia
Germany
AustriaNearby
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Bulgaria286 km37 m³/s139 km awayBârlad RiverRomania207 km9.0 m³/s130 km awayOlt RiverRomania615 km170 m³/s173 km awayVedea RiverRomania224 km8.4 m³/s139 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q584856) · 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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