Lechința | |
Name Other: | Komlód-patak, Comlod |
Map: | Lechința (rivière).png |
Map Size: | 180 |
Pushpin Map: | Romania |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Romania |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Bistrița-Năsăud, Mureș |
Subdivision Type3: | Communes |
Subdivision Name3: | Milaș, Crăiești, Râciu, Șincai, Band, Iclănzel, Iernut |
Length: | 66km (41miles) |
Source1 Elevation: | 440m (1,440feet) |
Mouth: | Mureș |
Mouth Location: | Lechința |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.4736°N 24.2114°W |
Basin Size: | 537km2 |
The Lechința or Comlod (hu|Komlód-patak) is a right tributary of the river Mureș in Transylvania, Romania. It discharges into the Mureș in the village Lechința, near Iernut.[1] Its length is 66km (41miles) and its basin size is 537km2. Its Hungarian name is from the “komló” for hops, so its name means “Hops Creek”.
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Lechința (from source to mouth):