Körös River
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| Criș | |
| Criș | |
| River | |
 The Criș near Kunszentmárton
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| Countries | Hungary, Romania |
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| Counties | Békés, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Csongrád |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Crișul Alb |
| - right | Crișul Negru, Crișul Repede River |
| Towns | Békés, Szarvas |
| Source | Confluence of headwaters Crișul Alb and Crișul Negru |
| - location | near Gyula |
| - elevation | 85 m (279 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°42′1″N 21°16′9″E / 46.70028°N 21.26917°E |
| Mouth | Tisza |
| - location | near Csongrád |
| - elevation | 80 m (262 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°43′2″N 20°11′18″E / 46.71722°N 20.18833°E |
| Length | 91.3 km (57 mi) |
Criș (Romanian: Criș, German: Kreisch) is the name of a 195 km long river in eastern Hungary. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Fehér-Körös ( Romanian: Crișul Alb) and Fekete-Körös ( Romanian: Crișul Negru) near Gyula. This reach is also called the Kettős-Körös River
The Crișul Repede ( Romanian: Crișul Repede) flows into the Kettos-Körös near Gyomaendrőd.
All three rivers (Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru and Crișul Repede have their source in the Apuseni Mountains, in Romania.
The lower reach, after the confluence of the three rivers is known as Criș or Harmas-Koros flows into the Tisza River near Csongrád.
It was known in antiquity as the Crisus, Crisia, Grisia, or Gerasus, while an archaic German name is Kreisch.
