Timiş River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Timiş |
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| Serbian: Tamiš (Тамиш) | |
| River | |
 The Timiş river near Pančevo
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| Countries | Romania, Serbia |
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| Counties/Province | Caraş-Severin County, Vojvodina |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Bârzava/Brzava |
| - right | Bistra |
| Towns | Caransebeș, Lugoj, Pančevo |
| Source | Semenic Mountains |
| - location | Carpathian Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania |
| Mouth | Danube |
| - location | Pančevo, Serbia |
| Length | 339.8 km (211 mi) |
| Basin | 13,085 km² (5,052 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 47 m³/s (1,660 cu ft/s) |
The Timiş or Tamiš (Romanian: Timiş; Serbian: Тамиш or Tamiš; German: Temesch; Hungarian: Temes) is a 359 kilometer long river coming up from the Semenic Mountains, the southern part Carpathian Mountains, in Caraş-Severin County, Romania. It flows through the Banat region and into the Danube near Pančevo, in the northern part of Serbia.
Characteristics
The Timiş River's Drainage area covers 13.085 km² (in Romania 8.085 km², in Serbia 5,000 km²).
The river starts at the joining of the headwaters Brebu,
Grădiştea and Semenic in Lake Trei Ape.
Tributaries
The river flows through Romania for 241 km.
These are the tributaries of the Timiş River: Râul Rece, Slatina, Valea Mare, Măcicaş River, Pârâul Lung, Armeniş River, Sebeş, Bistra, Şurgani River, Timişana, Pogăniş River, Timişul Mort River and Vena Mare. In its 118 km course through Serbia it has only one tributary, albeit the longest one, Brzava.
Settlements
Romania
Big cities in the rivers Romanian flow are Caransebeş and Lugoj.
These are the smaller smaller towns and cities that lie along the Timiş River:
- Căvăran
- Rudna
- Teregova
- Armeniş
- Sadova Veche
- Slatina-Timiş
- Bucoşniţa
- Petroşniţa
- Valea Timişului
- Prisian
- Buchin
- Jupa
- Zăgujeni
- Prisaca
- Căvăran (Constantin Daicoviciu)
- Sacu
- Jean
- Gavojdia
- Lugojel
- Coştei
- Bazoş
- Uliuc
- Urseni
- Şag
- Parţa
- Cebza
- Crai Nou, TimişCrai Nou
- Gad
- Grănicerii
One of the big Romanian cities, Timişoara, though the name makes it seem like it, is not settled on the river. Although, the name comes from the river, when about 800 years ago the region was a swampy one and the Timiş had a very large flow area. In 1728 when the rivers Timiş and Bega were canalized, Timiş stopped to flow through the city.
Serbia
- Jaša Tomić
- Šurjan
- Boka
- Sečanj
- Neuzina
- Banatski Despotovac
- Botoš
- Tomaševac
- Orlovat
- Idvor
- Farkaždin
- Sakule
- Čenta
- Baranda
- Opovo
- Sefkerin
- Glogonj
- Jabuka
- Pančevo
Images for kids
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Tibiscus on Dacia's map from a medieval book made after Ptolemy's Geographia (ca. 140 AD).
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Old photo of the Timiș' lighthouses
See also
In Spanish: Río Timiș para niños
