| Bega Begej / Бегеј |
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| Countries | Romania, Serbia |
| Villages | Romania: Margina, Făget, Răchita, Mănăştiur, Leucuşeşti, Bethausen, Cutina, Bodo Balinţ, Chizătău, Ictar-Budinţi, Topolovăţu Mic, Recaş, Remetea Mare, Ghiroda, Timişoara Utvin, Sânmihaiu Român, Uivar, Otelec Serbia: Hetin Srpski Itebej Novi Itebej Begejci Žitište Banatski Dvor Jankov Most Klek Zrenjanin Ečka Lukino Selo Stajićevo Perlez Titel |
| Length | 256 km (159 mi) |
| Watershed | 2,870 km² (1,108 sq mi) |
| Source | |
| - location | Poiana Ruscă Mountains Junction of headwaters Bega Luncanilor and Bega Poieni, Romania |
| Mouth | Tisza river near Titel, Serbia |
| Major tributaries | |
| - left | Bega Luncanilor (Bega Mare), Pârâul Carpenului, Şopot, Vădana, Zopana, Bălăşina, Gladna, Timişel, Glaviţa, Coştei, Bistra Orăşenilor |
| - right | Bega Poieni (Bega Mică), Homojdia, Năndrăneasca, Icui, Zidileasca, Pădurani, Topla, Cladova, Nieregiş, Fădimac, Miniş, Hezeriş, Chizdia, Temeşiţ, Mociur, Valea Cărăşiţa, Vale, Gherteamoş, Potoc-Remetea, Rastova, Behela, Bega Veche |
The Bega (Romanian: Bega, Serbian: Begej (Бегеј), German: Bega, Hungarian: Béga) is a 254 km long river in Romania (178 km) and Serbia (76 km). It rises in the Poiana Ruscă mountains in Romania, part of the Carpathian Mountains, and it flows into the Tisza river near Titel, Vojvodina, Serbia.
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Course
Romania
The river starts at the junction headwaters: Bega Luncanilor and Bega Poieni. After starting of to the north, river bends to the west at Coşava, passing through Făget, Balinţ and Topolovăţu Mic, where it enters the low Banat plains. There, it begins to spill over, so the Bega canal was constructed tracking Bega Veche, which is also channeled for 97 km, as parallel waterway for 114 km, before the two being connected northeast of Zrenjanin, Serbia. The Bega canal runs through Timişoara and continues to the south-west, enters Serbia near the village of Hetin.
Serbia
Near Jankov Most the Begej becomes part of large canal Danube-Tisa-Danube (or DTD) and turns south, receiveng waters from Novi Begej. There it's separated from DTD route turning west and reaching Zrenjanin. From there it continues to the south, using old river bed of Tisa, passing through Ečka, Stajićevo and Perlez. In this part, it flows through marshlands, some of which are transformed into fishponds, like Belo jezero (Cyrillic: Бело језеро; White lake) and Fishpond Ečka (Serbian: Ribnjak Ečka, Рибњак Ечка), the largest one in Serbia with an area of 25 km². The remaining parts of wetland make the largest bog in Serbia, Carska bara (Cyrillic: Царска бара; Imperial marsh, 11 km²), after which Begej empties into the Tisa.
Characteristics
Through Tisza and Danube, it belongs to the Black Sea draining basin. Its own draining area is 2.878 km². Channeled parts of both Stari Begej and Novi Begej are navigable. Settlements on Novi Begej include villages of Srpski Itebej (with huge fishpond), Novi Itebej, Torak (formerly Begejci) and Žitište.
Settlements located near the river
Romania
- Margina
- Făget
- Răchita
- Mănăştiur
- Leucuşeşti
- Bethausen
- Cutina
- Bodo
- Balinţ
- Chizătău
- Ictar-Budinţi
- Topolovăţu Mic
- Recaş
- Remetea Mare
- Ghiroda
- Timişoara
- Utvin
- Sânmihaiu Român
- Uivar
- Otelec
Serbia
- Hetin
- Srpski Itebej
- Novi Itebej
- Begejci
- Žitište
- Banatski Dvor
- Jankov Most
- Klek
- Zrenjanin
- Ečka
- Lukino Selo
- Stajićevo
- Perlez
- Titel
References
- Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
- Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
- Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti
- Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971
Images
 The Bega near Ečka |
 The mouth of the Bega into the Tisza, across Titel |
