See also:THEISS (Hungarian, See also:Tisza; See also:Lat., Tisia or Tissus)
, a large affluent of the See also:Danube, next to which it is the greatest See also:river of See also:Hungary
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It rises in the See also:north-eastern See also:part of the Carpathian mountains, in the See also:county of Maramaros, at a height of above 6300 ft., and is formed by the confluence of two branches, the See also:Black See also:Theiss (Fekete See also: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 Tisza), which unite at about 20 M
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E. of Maramaros-Sziget
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The Theiss then follows a north-See also:westerly direction until it leaves its mountainous valley, then runs See also:west, and after a See also:great See also:curve to the north, takes a See also:south-westerly direction and enters the great Hungarian See also:plain (Alf Old)
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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 of Titel, 20 m
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E. of See also:Ujvidek
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Its length from source to mouth is, as the See also:crow flies, only about 340 m., but its windings make its course about 870 M. See also:long
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The Theiss is clear and See also:swift in its course through the mountains, but in the plain it becomes slow, somewhat muddy and very tortuous
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Its See also:basin covers an See also: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 descending from the Carpathians westward
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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
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The See also:depth of the Theiss at See also:low-See also:water See also:mark is 7 ft. at See also:Tokaj, 20 ft. at See also: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
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During its course through the great Hungarian plain the Theiss flows between See also:flat, low-lying See also:banks. which are the cause of periodical and sometimes disastrous inundations and of extensive marshes
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Therefore extensive See also:works have been undertaken for the regulation and canalization of the river, which is now strongly dammed in many parts
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By these works large tracts of marshes have been transformed into productive ground
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Its See also:chief tributaries are the Szamos, Ki See also:ros, Maros, Latorcza, and the Saj6
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In its See also:lower course ' it is joined to the Danube by the See also:Franz Josef See also:canal, while it is also See also:united with See also:Temesvar by the Bega canal
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