Körös River
| Körös | |
| Râul Criș | |
| River | |
 The Körös near Kunszentmárton | |
| Countries | Hungary, Romania |
|---|---|
| Counties | Békés, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Csongrád |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Crișul Alb (Fehér-Körös) |
| - right | Crișul Negru (Fekete-Körös), Crișul Repede River (Sebes-Körös) |
| Towns | Békés, Szarvas |
| Source | Confluence of headwaters Crișul Alb and Crișul Negru |
| - location | near Gyula |
| - elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°42′1″N 21°16′9″E / 46.70028°N 21.26917°E |
| Mouth | Tisza |
| - location | near Csongrád |
| - elevation | 80 m (262 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°43′2″N 20°11′18″E / 46.71722°N 20.18833°ECoordinates: 46°43′2″N 20°11′18″E / 46.71722°N 20.18833°E |
| Length | 91.3 km (57 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 100 m3/s (3,531 cu ft/s) |
Körös (Romanian: Criș, German: Kreisch) is the name of a 195 km long river in eastern Hungary. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Fehér-Körös (Romanian: Crișul Alb) and Fekete-Körös (Romanian: Crișul Negru) near Gyula. This reach is also called the Kettős-Körös River
All three rivers, Crișul Alb (Fehér-Körös), Crișul Negru (Fekete-Körös) and Crișul Repede (Sebes-Körös), have their source in the Apuseni Mountains in Transylvania, Romania.
Kettős-Körös. with a length of 37,3 km is formed at the confluence of Crișul Alb and Crișul Repede, near the Hungarian town Gyula
The Crișul Repede (Hungarian: Sebes-Körös) flows into the Hármas-Körös near Gyomaendrőd.
The lower reach, after the confluence of the three rivers is known as Criș or Hármas-Körös flows into the Tisza River near Csongrád.
It was known in antiquity as the "Chrysus", Crisus, Crisia, Grisia, or Gerasus, while an archaic German name is Kreisch.
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