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Dâmbovița River

286 km from source to mouth · Romania.

RomaniaRomaniaFlows into Argeș River8th longest in Romania

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

In numbers

Length

286km

Average flow

19m³/s

Basin

2,837km²

Drop

880m

from 905 m to 25 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

286 km of river and 37 stops on the way: 36 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

905 m25 m
Sourceat 905 m0 km
Pietroşani5,871 people42 km
Piteşti141,275 people84 km
Călineşti10,419 people102 km
Găeşti15,037 people131 km
Potlogi8,299 people169 km
Bolintin Vale11,700 people192 km
Palace of Justice222 km
1 Decembrie7,817 people230 km
Hotarele8,790 people268 km
Argeș Riverat 25 m286 km
0100200286 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 905 m
  2. 28 kmCorbi4,381 people
  3. 39 kmDomneşti3,182 people
  4. 42 kmPietroşani5,871 people
  5. 57 kmCoşeşti5,416 people
  6. 64 kmDărmăneşti3,676 people
  7. 73 kmMiceşti4,061 people
  8. 80 kmMărăcineni4,468 people
  9. 81 kmValea Mare-Podgoria3,102 people
  10. 84 kmPiteşti141,275 people
  11. 102 kmCălineşti10,419 people
  12. 107 kmPopeşti4,104 people
  13. 108 kmCăteasca3,713 people
  14. 109 kmLeordeni6,019 people
  15. 113 kmRăteşti3,368 people
  16. 131 kmGăeşti15,037 people
  17. 139 kmPetreşti6,020 people
  18. 142 kmMogoşani4,549 people
  19. 150 kmCosteştii din Vale3,417 people
  20. 162 kmCorbii Mari8,257 people
  21. 169 kmPotlogi8,299 people
  22. 177 kmGăiseni5,455 people
  23. 192 kmBolintin Vale11,700 people
  24. 196 kmOgrezeni4,893 people
  25. 202 kmGrădinari3,738 people
  26. 207 kmButurugeni4,078 people
  27. 215 kmMihăileşti7,506 people
  28. 217 kmCornetu5,063 people
  29. 222 kmPalace of Justice
  30. 225 kmNovaci5,431 people
  31. 230 km1 Decembrie7,817 people
  32. 232 kmAdunații-Copăceni3,424 people
  33. 236 kmCopăceni3,043 people
  34. 249 kmColibaşi3,823 people
  35. 268 kmHotarele8,790 people
  36. 278 kmBudeşti9,598 people
  37. 283 kmŞoldanu3,488 people
  38. 283 kmRadovanu5,065 people
  39. 286 kmArgeș Riverat 25 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 19 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 131 seconds. It drops from 905 m to 25 m, 3.1 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,837 km², about the size of LU. 3.3 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to July. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (25% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • PiteştiLargest city on its banks · 141,275 people
  • Craiova International Airport (CRA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 98 km from the cityCar hire at CRA airport (Craiova)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water1 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Dâmbovița River, month by month

Highest water: from April to July

Best months to visit: from May to September.

49
-2°37 mmJan
49
0°36 mmFeb
120
5°35 mmMar
150
11°49 mmApr
160
16°71 mmMay
150
20°84 mmJun
140
22°65 mmJul
100
21°55 mmAug
59
17°43 mmSep
46
11°37 mmOct
75
5°45 mmNov
110
0°42 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 46 m³/s in the lowest month to 160 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

Dâmbovița River: the basin in numbers

12,177 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Heavily regulatedReservoirs can hold 25% of a year's flow: dams shape its seasons.
  • 3.3millionpeople live in the basin
  • 274/km²people per km²
  • 390maverage altitude of the basin
  • 651mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 9.2°Caverage air temperature
  • 4%protected areas
  • 0.5%covered by lakes
  • 0.8km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 33% Forest
  • 50% Cropland
  • 12% Pasture
  • 7% 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

Dâmbovița River: what you find on the way

  • 10DamsBaraj Valea Rea, Captare Draghina, Baraj Draghina and 7 more
  • 3Weirs
  • 1Boat rentals
  • 1River beachesSumerkiss Ogrezeni

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Dâmbovița 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.

  • 71mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Mountains at the source (71)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Hartopul Darei13 km away2,506m
  2. La Fundu bandei13 km away2,454m
  3. Păpușa9.7 km away2,391m
  4. Somnului15 km away2,386m
  5. Iezer14 km away2,372m
  6. Capul Catunului4.4 km away2,370m
  7. Cascue10 km away2,329m
  8. Iezerul Mic4.6 km away2,321m

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From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Dâmbovița River: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Dâmbovița River: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth15 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

Dâmbovița River in pictures

Damboviţa-măneşti
No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Río Dambovita, Bucarest, Rumanía, 2016-05-29, DD 61
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bucharest - River Dâmbovița (MAR 2023) - img 07
Chainwit. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dambovita near Ciurel Bridge in Bucharest
CristianChirita · CC BY-SA 3.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

Argeș RiverRomaniaRomania350 km73 m³/s

Tributaries (20)

Also: Colentina River, Dâmbovicioara River, Bădeni River, Boarcășu River, Cheia River, Câlnău River, Colții lui Andrei River, Aninoasa River, Cascue River, Ghimbav River, Ilfov River, Râușorul, Râul Alb, Valea Satului River, Muscel River, Pasărea River, Pârâul lui Coman, Valea Largă River, Valea Vladului River, Bucureștioara River

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/sSiret RiverRomaniaRomania740 km230 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

Prahova RiverRomaniaRomania183 km28 m³/s55 km awayYantraBulgariaBulgaria286 km37 m³/s99 km awayIalomița RiverRomaniaRomania414 km70 m³/s120 km awayVedea RiverRomaniaRomania224 km8.4 m³/s99 km awayOlt RiverRomaniaRomania615 km170 m³/s148 km awaySiret RiverRomaniaRomania740 km230 m³/s178 km awayOsamBulgariaBulgaria314 km13 m³/s144 km awayPrutMoldovaMoldova953 km120 m³/s193 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q214646) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth 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 atlasesPeakyas — 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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