Timiș
The Timiș or Tamiš (Romanian: Timiș, Serbian: Тамиш, Hungarian: Temes, German: Temesch) is a 359-kilometre-long (223 mi) river that flows through the Banat region of Romania and Serbia and joins the Danube near Pančevo, in northern Serbia. Due to its position in the region, it has been labeled as the "spine of the Banat".
| Timiș | |
|---|---|
The Timiș (Tamiš) in Pančevo | |
| Native name | |
| Location | |
| Country | Romania, Serbia |
| Counties/Province | Caraș-Severin, Timiș, Vojvodina |
| Towns | Caransebeș, Lugoj, Pančevo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Semenic Mountains, Romania |
| Mouth | Danube |
• location | near Pančevo, Serbia |
• coordinates | 44°50′53″N 20°38′08″E |
| Length | 359 km (223 mi) |
| Basin size | 10,280 km2 (3,970 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 47 m3/s (1,700 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Danube→ Black Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Pogăniș, Bârzava/Brzava |
| • right | Bistra |
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