See also:

• THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus)

THEISS (Hungarian, See also:

• TISZA, KALMAN [KOLOMAN] (1830-1902)

Tisza; See also:

• LAT

Lat., Tisia or Tissus)  , a large affluent of the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, next to which it is the greatest See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary . It rises in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern See also:

• PART

part of the Carpathian mountains, in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Maramaros, at a height of above 6300 ft., and is formed by the confluence of two branches, the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus)

Theiss (Fekete See also:

• TISZA, KALMAN [KOLOMAN] (1830-1902)

Tisza), and the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Theiss (See also:

• FELLER, FRANCOIS XAVIER DE (1735-1802)

Feller Tisza), which unite at about 20 M . E. of Maramaros-Sziget . The Theiss then follows a north-See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly direction until it leaves its mountainous valley, then runs See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, and after a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CURVE (Lat. curvus, bent)

curve to the north, takes a See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-westerly direction and enters the great Hungarian See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain (Alf Old) . From Szolnok it runs south in an almost parallel course with that of the Danube, from which it is separated by a distance of about 6o m., and flows into the Danube near the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Titel, 20 m . E. of See also:

• UJVIDEK (German, Neusatz)

Ujvidek . Its length from source to mouth is, as the See also:

• CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

crow flies, only about 340 m., but its windings make its course about 870 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . The Theiss is clear and See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift in its course through the mountains, but in the plain it becomes slow, somewhat muddy and very tortuous . Its See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin covers an See also:

• AREA

area of 56,600 sq. m., and comprises the whole eastern part of Hungary, and the greater part of Transylvania, and collects all the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers descending from the Carpathians westward . The Theiss is navigable for rafts almost everywhere, but for steamers only from Szolnok downwards, a distance of about 200 m., where the breadth of the river is 45o to 750 ft . The See also:

• DEPTH

depth of the Theiss at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark is 7 ft. at See also:

• TOKAJ (or TOKAY)

Tokaj, 20 ft. at See also:

• SZEGED (Ger., Szegedin)

Szeged and 11 it. at Titer, near its mouth, while the difference between the low-water mark and the high-water mark is as high as 25 to 35 ft . During its course through the great Hungarian plain the Theiss flows between See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, low-lying See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks. which are the cause of periodical and sometimes disastrous inundations and of extensive marshes .

Therefore extensive See also:

• WORKS

works have been undertaken for the regulation and canalization of the river, which is now strongly dammed in many parts . By these works large tracts of marshes have been transformed into productive ground . Its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief tributaries are the Szamos, Ki See also:

• ROS, or DE
• ROS, SIR RICHARD (b. 1429)

ros, Maros, Latorcza, and the Saj6 . In its See also:

• LOWER

lower course ' it is joined to the Danube by the See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz Josef See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal, while it is also See also:

• UNITED

united with See also:

• TEMESVAR

Temesvar by the Bega canal .