Timiș (river)

Timiș (river)
Timiș (river)
Mouth	Danube
Progression	Danube→ Black Sea
Length	359 km (223 mi)

The Timiş or Tamiš (Romanian: Timişcode: ro is deprecated ; Serbian: Тамиш or Tamiš; German: Temesch; Hungarian: Temes) is a 359-kilometre (223-mile) long river coming up from the Semenic Mountains, the southern part of the 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.

Flood in Jaša Tomić in 2005

Characteristics

The Timiş River's drainage area covers 13.085 square kilometres (5.052 square miles). This includes 8.085 square kilometres (3.122 square miles) in Romania and 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 square miles) in Serbia.

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 kilometres (150 miles).

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-kilometre (73-mile) course through Serbia, it has only one tributary, Brzava, which is the longest one.

Settlements

Romania

Big cities in the rivers Romanian flow are Caransebeş and Lugoj.

These are the smaller smaller towns and cities along the Timiş River:

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

Timiș (river) Media

Tibiscus on Dacia's map from a medieval book made after Ptolemy's Geographia (ca. 140 AD).
Old photo of the Timiș' lighthouses