Lăpuș (river)

The Lăpuș (Hungarian: Lápos) is a right tributary of the river Someș in Romania.[1][2] It originates in the Lăpuș Mountains, Maramureș County. It discharges into the Someș in Bușag, west of Baia Mare.[3] It flows through the communes Băiuț, Lăpuș, Târgu Lăpuș, Vima Mică, Șomcuta Mare, Remetea Chioarului, Coaș, Săcălășeni, Groși, Coltău, Recea and Tăuții-Măgherăuș. Its length is 119 km (74 mi) and its basin size is 1,875 km² (724 sq mi).[2]

Lăpuș
The Lăpuș at Preluca Nouă

Location
Country	Romania
Counties	Maramureș County
Towns	Târgu Lăpuș, Șomcuta Mare
Physical characteristics

Source	Lăpuș Mountains

Mouth	Someș
• coordinates	47°39′22″N 23°24′05″E
• elevation	143 m (469 ft)
Length	119 km (74 mi)
Basin size	1,875 km² (724 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Someș→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• left	Suciu
• right	Cavnic, Săsar

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Lăpuș (from source to mouth):[2]

Left: Tocila, Botiz, Râoaia, Iedera, Suciu, Nireș, Rohia, Valea Mare, Valea Gâdelui, Boiul, Prislop
Right: Strâmbul Băiuț, Rotunda, Dobric, Valea Rea, Cavnic, Chechiș, Craica, Săsar, Băița

References

"Planul național de management. Sinteza planurilor de management la nivel de bazine/spații hidrografice, anexa 7.1" (PDF, 5.1 MB). Administrația Națională Apele Române. 2010. pp. 109–110.
Atlasul cadastrului apelor din România. Partea 1 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ministerul Mediului. 1992. pp. 83–86. OCLC 895459847. River code: II.1.66
Lapus (jud. Maramures), e-calauza.ro

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