Zalău River

Geobox River
name = Zalău River
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district_type = Counties
city_type = Villages
country = Romania
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district = Sălaj County
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city = Zalău,
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Badon,
Borla,
Bocşa,
Sălăjeni,
Câmpia,
Lompirt,
Sărmăşag
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mouth_name = Crasna
mouth_location = Sărmăşag
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tributary_left = Mila,
Panic,
Valea Rece,
Ilişua
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tributary_right = Guruslău
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The Zalău River is a tributary of the Crasna River in Romania.

Hydronymy

There are several hypotheses which have been made regarding the origin of the river's name (or of the town with the same name located on the upper reach of the river:

* the name is derived from the word "silaj", meaning belt in the language spoken by the Eurasian Avars
* the name is derived from the expression "sil es agz", meaning bed of elm trees in Hungarian
* the name is a hungarian transcription of the "Zillenmarkt", the german name of Zalău city. [ Municipiul Zalău [http://www.zalausj.ro/ro/general.htm] ]

Notes

References

* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
* Trasee turistice judeţul Sălaj [http://www.e-calauza.ro/index.php?afiseaza=trasee-turistice-salaj]

Maps

* Harta interactivă a judeţului Sălaj [http://www.cjsj.ro/localitati/harta.html]