Lăpuș (river)

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Lăpuș
The Lăpuș at Preluca Nouă
Location
Country	Romania
Counties	Maramureș County
Towns	Târgu Lăpuș, Șomcuta Mare
Physical characteristics
Source	Lăpuș Mountains
Mouth	Someș
• coordinates	47°39′22″N 23°24′05″E / 47.65611°N 23.40139°E / 47.65611; 23.40139
• elevation	143 m (469 ft)
Length	119 km (74 mi)
Basin size	1,875 km2 (724 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Someș→ Tisza→ Danube→ Black Sea
Tributaries
• left	Suciu
• right	Cavnic, Săsar

The Lăpuș (Hungarian: Lápos) is a right tributary of the river Someș in Romania.^[1][2] It originates in the Lăpuș Mountains, Maramureș County. It discharges into the Someș in Bușag, west of Baia Mare.^[3] It flows through the communes Băiuț, Lăpuș, Târgu Lăpuș, Vima Mică, Șomcuta Mare, Remetea Chioarului, Coaș, Săcălășeni, Groși, Coltău, Recea and Tăuții-Măgherăuș. Its length is 119 km (74 mi) and its basin size is 1,875 km² (724 sq mi).^[2]

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Lăpuș (from source to mouth):^[2]

• Left: Tocila, Botiz, Râoaia, Iedera, Suciu, Nireș, Rohia, Valea Mare, Valea Gâdelui, Boiul, Prislop
• Right: Strâmbul Băiuț, Rotunda, Dobric, Valea Rea, Cavnic, Chechiș, Craica, Săsar, Băița