Bistrita (Siret tributary)

Water type: River
Basin: Siret -> Danube -> Black sea
Continent: Europe
Climate: Continental
Country: Romania

Largest tributaries

Bicaz River

Artificial lakes

Izvorul Muntelui Lake

The Bistrița (also called Bistrița Aurie or Bistrița Moldoveană; Hungarian: Aranyos-Beszterce) is a river in the Romanian regions of Maramureș, Bukovina and Moldavia (most of its length). It is a right tributary of the river Siret. At Chetriș, near Bacău, it flows into the Siret. Its source is in the Rodna Mountains, at the foot of the Gârgalău Peak. It flows through the counties Bistrița-Năsăud, Suceava, Neamț, and Bacău. The Bistrița is 283 km long, and its basin area is 7,039 km2.

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