Vedea River

Vedea River

Geobox River
name = Vedea River
native_name =
other_name =
other_name1 =


image_size =
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country_type = Countries
state_type =
region_type =
district_type = Counties
city_type = Villages
country = Romania
country1 =
state =
state1 =
region =
region1 =
district = Argeş County,
Olt County,
Teleorman County
district1 =
city = Dealu Obejdeanului,
Făgeţelu,
Spineni,
Tătuleşti,
Optaşi,
Olt,
Bădeşti,
Nicolae Titulescu,
Văleni,
Stejaru,
Roşiorii de Vede,
Vedea,
Peretu,
Plosca,
Mavrodin,
Alexandria,
Poroschia,
Brânceni,
Smârdioasa,
Cernvenia,
Conţeşti,
Bragadiru,
Bujoru
city1 =
length = 242.7
watershed =
discharge_location =
discharge =
discharge_max =
discharge_min =
discharge1_location =
discharge1 =
source_name =
source_location = Cotmeana Plateau,
Dăduleşti Hill
source_district =
source_region =
source_state =
source_country =
source_lat_d =
source_lat_m =
source_lat_s =
source_lat_NS =
source_long_d =
source_long_m =
source_long_s =
source_long_EW =
source_elevation = 435
source_length =
mouth_name = Danube River
mouth_location =
mouth_district =
mouth_region =
mouth_state =
mouth_country =
mouth_lat_d =
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mouth_elevation = 20
tributary_left = Vediţa,
Cotmeana,
Tecuci,
Burdea,
Râul Câinelui,
Teleorman
tributary_left1 =
tributary_right = Eiul,
Brătăşanul,
Tisăr,
Ciorâca,
Cupen,
Plapcea,
Florişoru,
Dorofei,
Bratcov,
Bărâcea,
Gearanta,
Valea Găuriciu,
Valea Viei
tributary_right1 =
free = IX.1
free_type = Official River Code


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map_caption =

The Vedea River (IPA2|'ve.dea) in the southern part of Romania rises from the Cotmeana Plateau and runs into the Danube, having a total length of 224 km, of which on 33 km the river is regulated.

It flows in the Argeş, Olt and Teleorman counties. The towns Alexandria and Roşiori de Vede lie in the vicinity of the river.

Hydronymy

The name of the river is Dacian in origin, from Indo-European *"wed" "water" [Katičic', Radislav. "Ancient Languages of the Balkans, Part One". Paris: Mouton, 1976: 147] . [Istoria râului Vedea [http://rosiorii-de-vede2006.weblog.ro/2006-11.html] ]

Notes

References

* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
* Istoria râului Vedea [http://rosiorii-de-vede2006.weblog.ro/tags/r%C3%A2ul+Vedea]
* ICPA - Comune vulnerabile - Judeţul Teleorman [http://www.icpa.ro/comune_vulnerabile/Teleorman/Raport%20teleorman.pdf]
* Trasee turistice - judeţul Olt [http://www.e-calauza.ro/index.php?afiseaza=trasee-turistice-olt]
* Trasee turistice - judeţul Teleorman [http://www.e-calauza.ro/index.php?afiseaza=trasee-turistice-teleorman]


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