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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. 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 Theiss (Fekete 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. E. of Maramaros-Sziget. 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). 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. E. of See also:Ujvidek. 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. 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. 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.
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 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. 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. Therefore extensive See also: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 tributaries are the Szamos, Ki See also:ros, Maros, Latorcza, and the Saj6. 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.
End of Article: THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus)
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