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Buzău River

325 km from source to mouth · Romania.

RomaniaRomaniaFlows into Siret River7th longest in Romania

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The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

325km

Average flow

28m³/s

Basin

5,537km²

Drop

748m

from 753 m to 5 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

325 km of river and 47 stops on the way: 44 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

753 m5 m
Sourceat 753 m0 km
Lake Siriu1.1 km²57 km
Bâsca Roziliei Rivertributary69 km
Bâsca Chiojdului Rivertributary107 km
Pârscov5,968 people125 km
Verneşti8,603 people156 km
Buzău103,481 people172 km
Jirlău2,919 people221 km
Făurei3,008 people230 km
Râmnicelu1,846 people290 km
Siret Riverat 5 m325 km
0100200325 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 753 m
  2. 1 kmCrivina3,289 people
  3. 18 kmÎntorsura Buzăului9,026 people
  4. 24 kmSita Buzăului4,788 people
  5. 57 kmLake Siriu1.1 km²
  6. 69 kmBâsca Roziliei Rivertributary
  7. 72 kmNehoiu11,350 people
  8. 89 kmBurueneşti8,101 people
  9. 89 kmPătârlagele6,276 people
  10. 100 kmCislău4,218 people
  11. 107 kmBâsca Chiojdului Rivertributary
  12. 112 kmVipereşti3,600 people
  13. 125 kmPârscov5,968 people
  14. 127 kmMăgura4,657 people
  15. 134 kmCojanu128 people
  16. 138 kmRătești603 people
  17. 143 kmSătuc604 people
  18. 144 kmBerca7,741 people
  19. 146 kmPleșești878 people
  20. 148 kmPleșcoi828 people
  21. 152 kmSăpoca3,156 people
  22. 156 kmVerneşti8,603 people
  23. 167 kmMărăcineni7,096 people
  24. 167 kmCăpățânești3,296 people
  25. 172 kmBuzău103,481 people
  26. 192 kmSăgeata5,427 people
  27. 221 kmJirlău2,919 people
  28. 230 kmFăurei3,008 people
  29. 236 kmVișani1,601 people
  30. 246 kmDedulești725 people
  31. 262 kmMaraloiu257 people
  32. 265 kmIbrianu589 people
  33. 266 kmGrădiștea1,269 people
  34. 271 kmȘuțești3,639 people
  35. 271 kmŞuţeşti4,740 people
  36. 279 kmCustura310 people
  37. 282 kmRacovița482 people
  38. 283 kmConstantinești319 people
  39. 288 kmBoarca54 people
  40. 289 kmMihail Kogălniceanu178 people
  41. 290 kmRâmnicelu1,846 people
  42. 299 kmScorțaru Nou1,085 people
  43. 302 kmPitulați310 people
  44. 307 kmSihleanu258 people
  45. 309 kmGurguieți143 people
  46. 312 kmMăxineni3,265 people
  47. 316 kmLatinu676 people
  48. 320 kmVoinești69 people
  49. 325 kmSiret Riverat 5 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

River in Romania

At the mouth it carries 28 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 88 seconds. It drops from 753 m to 5 m, 2.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 5,537 km², about the size of BN. 347,000 people live in it. Highest water: May; lowest: February. Its dams hold back little of its water (9.8% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

Buzău River, month by month

Highest water: May

Lowest water: February. Best months to visit: from May to September.

35
-2°30 mmJan
19
0°30 mmFeb
67
4°29 mmMar
74
11°43 mmApr
87
16°63 mmMay
68
20°76 mmJun
66
21°61 mmJul
58
21°53 mmAug
47
17°43 mmSep
41
11°31 mmOct
45
5°36 mmNov
50
0°34 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 19 m³/s in the lowest month to 87 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

Buzău River: the basin in numbers

5,537 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Lightly regulatedReservoirs can hold 9.8% of a year's flow.
  • 347,000people live in the basin
  • 63/km²people per km²
  • 501maverage altitude of the basin
  • 623mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 8.3°Caverage air temperature
  • 1%protected areas
  • 0.6%covered by lakes
  • 0.2km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 49% Forest
  • 38% Cropland
  • 19% Pasture
  • 2% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

Buzău River: what you find on the way

  • 1DamsBarajul Siriu

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.6 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Buzău River in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 1lake on its wayLakeyas
  • 35mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Lakes and reservoirs (1)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Lake Siriukm 421.1km²

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Mountains at the source (35)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Ciucaș Mountains8.6 km away1,954m
  2. Ciucaș Peak7.5 km away1,954m
  3. Gropsoarele9.7 km away1,883m
  4. Tigaile Mari7.7 km away1,844m
  5. Bratocea8.8 km away1,843m
  6. Bratocea Mica10 km away1,769m
  7. Zaganul10 km away1,757m
  8. Capra Bratocei11 km away1,722m

27 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Buzău River: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Buzău River: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth10 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

Buzău River in pictures

Buzau river unguriu
Andrei Stroe · CC BY-SA 2.5
DN10 (Buzău-Nehoiu)
Razvan Socol · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sunrise over Translyvania, Buzau, Romania
Forbes Johnston · CC BY 2.0
RO BZ Liceul de arta Buzau
Andrei Stroe · CC BY 3.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

Siret RiverRomaniaRomania740 km230 m³/s

Tributaries (19)

Also: Bâsca Chiojdului River, Slănic River, Sărățel River, Blăjanca River, Bold River, Buzoel River, Buzăiel River, Bâsca Roziliei River, Bălăneasa River, Cașoca River, Câlnău River, Dălghiu River, Harțag River, Crasna River, Pârâul Boului, Siriu River, Valea Largă River, Nișcov River, Lădăuți

In the same basin

DanubeRomaniaRomania2,850 km5,400 m³/sTiszaSerbiaSerbia966 km800 m³/sSavaSerbiaSerbia945 km1,700 m³/sDravaCroatiaCroatia720 km620 m³/sInnGermanyGermany517 km740 m³/sPrutMoldovaMoldova953 km120 m³/sIsarGermanyGermany292 km170 m³/sMoravaAustriaAustria388 km110 m³/sDrinaSerbiaSerbia346 km120 m³/sOlt RiverRomaniaRomania615 km170 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

PrutMoldovaMoldova953 km120 m³/s38 km awayBârlad RiverRomaniaRomania207 km9.0 m³/s29 km awayDanubeRomaniaRomania2,850 km5,400 m³/s154 km awayIalomița RiverRomaniaRomania414 km70 m³/s79 km awayBistrița RiverRomaniaRomania272 km66 m³/s134 km awayPrahova RiverRomaniaRomania183 km28 m³/s127 km awayDâmbovița RiverRomaniaRomania286 km19 m³/s164 km awayArgeș RiverRomaniaRomania350 km73 m³/s175 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q833164) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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