Mureşul

Mureşul (mOO'reshOOl) [key], Hung. Maros (mo'rôsh) [key], river, c.470 mi (760 km) long, rising in the Carpathian Mts., N central Romania. It flows generally west, past Deva and Arad, into S Hungary, where it joins the Tisza River at Szeged. It is navigable for small craft below Deva.

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