Valsan

Water type: River
Basin: Arges -> Danube -> Black sea
Continent: Europe
Country: Romania

The Vâlsan is a left tributary of the river Argeș in Romania.] It discharges into the Argeș near Merișani. Its length is 79 km (49 mi) and its basin size is 348 km2 (134 sq mi).

The Vâlsan originates in the Făgăraș Mountains, where its source is a trough-shaped glacial hollow located between the Picuiata and Scărișoara Mare mountains. The river flows for a mere 84.6 kilometers. Its course runs parallel to the Argeș River. The Vâlsan River\’s mouth is located at Merișani.

In 1967 the Vâlsans course was altered significantly by the construction of a reservoir and a hydroelectric plant, that has broth one fish species, the asprete (Romanichthys valsanicola) close to extinction.

Left tributaries: Zănoguța, Dobroneagu, Râul Cheii
Right tributaries: Izvorul Dimei, Izvorul Popii, Robaia, Valea Părului, Șoptana, Toplița, Bunești

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