| Lechința River Komlód-patak, Comlod River | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | Romania |
| Counties | Bistrița-Năsăud, Mureș |
| Communes | Milaș, Crăiești, Râciu, Șincai, Band, Iclănzel, Iernut |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| - elevation | 440 m (1,440 ft) |
| Mouth | Mureș |
| - location | Lechința |
| - coordinates | 46°28′25″N24°12′41″E / 46.4736°N 24.2114°E Coordinates: 46°28′25″N24°12′41″E / 46.4736°N 24.2114°E |
| Length | 66 km (41 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 537 km2 (207 sq mi) |
| Progression | Mureș→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Lechința River or Comlod River ( Hungarian : Komlód-patak ) is a right tributary of the river Mureș in Transylvania, Romania. It discharges into the Mureș near Iernut. Its Hungarian name is from the “komló” for hops, so its name means “Hops Creek”.
Hungarian is a Finno-Ugric language spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary it is also spoken by communities of Hungarians in the countries that today make up Slovakia, western Ukraine (Subcarpathia), central and western Romania (Transylvania), northern Serbia (Vojvodina), northern Croatia and northern Slovenia. It is also spoken by Hungarian diaspora communities worldwide, especially in North America and Israel. Like Finnish and Estonian, Hungarian belongs to the Uralic language family. With 13 million speakers, it is the family's largest member by number of speakers.
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.
The Mureș is a 789-kilometre-long (490 mi) river in Eastern Europe. Its drainage basin covers an area of 30,332 km2 (11,711 sq mi). It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, rising close to the headwaters of the Olt River, and joins the Tisza at Szeged in southeastern Hungary.
