1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus), a large affluent of the Danube, next to which it is the greatest river of Hungary. It rises in the north-eastern part of the Carpathian mountains, in the county of Maramaros, at a height of above 6300 ft., and is formed by the confluence of two branches, the Black Theiss (Fekete Tisza), and the White Theiss (Feher Tisza), which unite at about 20 m. E. of Maramaros-Sziget. The Theiss then follows a north-westerly direction until it leaves its mountainous valley, then…
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