| Eger Rima | |
|---|---|
 Eger Stream inEger | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Close to the village ofBalaton,Bükk Mountains |
| • location | Hungary |
| • coordinates | 48°06′39″N20°17′18″E / 48.1108°N 20.2884°E /48.1108; 20.2884 |
| • elevation | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lake Tisza |
• coordinates | 47°40′44″N20°42′47″E / 47.6788°N 20.7131°E /47.6788; 20.7131 |
• elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Length | 68 km (42 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,378.6 km2 (532.3 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 3.237 m3/s (114.3 cu ft/s) to 4.105 m3/s (145.0 cu ft/s)[1][2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Tisza→Danube→Black Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Csincse-patak, Kánya-patak, Tárkányi-patak, Gilitka-patak, Recska-patak |
| • right | Almár-patak, Villói-patak, Bekölcei-patak |
Eger (Hungarian:Eger-patak; "Eger Stream") is the longest watercourse in and around the cityEger inHungary. From the area by the village of Balaton, by the Vajda well, the stream flows through the valley of Eger between theBükk andMátra mountains.[4] After 68 kilometers in a south-easterly direction, the stream empties intoLake Tisza (Tisza) from the right side.[5] The length of the main branch is about 40 kilometers. Almost the entire area of the districts ofEger andBélapátfalva lies in the catchment area of the watercourse, therefore it is a crucial component in the hydrography of the region. The stream is part of the Eger–Laskó–Csincse water system.[6]
The stream is known by the nameRima (Rima-patak) in the lower reaches, downstream from the village of Nagytálya.
The Eger stream originates in the western foothills of theBükk Mountains, in theÓzd-Egercsehi basin, at an altitude of 360 metres above sea level. The stream runs southwards across the foothills of the western half of the mountain range in the north-south direction in the trench of its own fault line, then cuts through theEgri-Bükk valley to theHevesi plain, which forms the northern edge of the lowlands, and then turns eastwards across the county border to form the western edge of theBorsodi-Mezőség region. The stream finally flows into the artificially createdLake Tisza betweenPoroszló andNégyes at an altitude of 89 m above sea level. When the reservoir was created, a large stretch of the former bed of the Eger stream and its surroundings was brought below the water level of the artificial lake. At the low water level ofLake Tisza, the former bed is still visible in places.
The main tributaries of the Eger:
| Left | Right | Length (km) | Basin size (km2) | Average discharge (m3/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bekölcei-patak | 7 | 21 | 0.057 | |
| Villói-patak | 10.5 | 22.3 | 0.061 | |
| Gilitka-patak | 8.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Tárkányi-patak | 16.4 | 103.4 | 0.369 | |
| Ostoros-patak | 30.4 | 105.7 | 0.414 | |
| Kánya-patak | 35 | 262.8 | 0.569 | |
| Csincse | 48 | 430.4 | 1.849 | |
| Eger | 68 | 1,378.6 | 4.105 | |
The main watercourses of the Eger stream catchment
