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| name               = Arieș
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| name_other         = Aranyos
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| image_caption      = The Arieș in Turda
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| subdivision_type1  = Country
| subdivision_name1  = [[Romania]]
| subdivision_type2  = Counties
| subdivision_name2  = [[Alba County|Alba]], [[Cluj County|Cluj]]
| subdivision_type3  = Towns
| subdivision_name3  = [[Turda]], [[Câmpia Turzii]]
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| length             = {{convert|166|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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| source1            = Confluence of headwaters [[Arieșul Mare]] and [[Arieșul Mic]]
| source1_location   = [[Lake Mihoești]]
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|46|22|20|N|23|01|01|E|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation  = {{convert|570|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth              = [[Mureș (river)|Mureș]]
| mouth_location     = [[Gura Arieșului]]
| mouth_coordinates  = {{coord|46|25|45|N|23|58|38|E|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation    = {{convert|263|m|abbr=on}}
| progression        = {{RMureș}}
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| basin_size         = {{convert|3005|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left   = [[Arieșul Mare]], [[Iara (Arieș)|Iara]]
| tributaries_right  = [[Arieșul Mic]], [[Abrud (river)|Abrud]]
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The '''Arieș''' ({{langx|hu|Aranyos}}) is a left [[tributary]] of the river [[Mureș (river)|Mureș]] in [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]].{{GeoSource|RO|Annex7|309-311}}{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|147-154|IV.1.81}} It discharges into the Mureș in [[Gura Arieșului]], {{convert|11|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Luduș]]. Its total length (including its headwater [[Arieșul Mare]]) is {{convert|166|km|abbr=on}}, and its [[drainage basin]] area is {{convert|3005|km2|abbr=on}}.{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|147-154|IV.1.81}}<ref>[http://www.insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/field/publicatii/anuarul_statistic_al_romaniei_carte_en.pdf 2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook], p. 13</ref>
Most probably "Arieș" means "Gold River", the name being derived from the Latin "Aureus". The Hungarian name "Aranyos" means "Golden" and it was first mentioned in 1177.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.fatornyosfalunk.com/html/erdelyi_helynevkonyv.html |title= Erdélyi helynévkönyv |author= Vistai András János |access-date= 2009-12-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231100/http://www.fatornyosfalunk.com/html/erdelyi_helynevkonyv.html |archive-date= 2011-07-10 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
==Course==
The source of the river is in the [[Bihor Mountains]], part of the [[Apuseni Mountains]], which translates as The Western Mountains. The Arieș is formed near the village of [[Câmpeni|Mihoești]] at the confluence of two [[headwater]]s: [[Arieșul Mare]] and [[Arieșul Mic]]. It flows through the [[Alba County|Alba]] and [[Cluj County|Cluj]] counties and flows into the [[Mureș (river)|Mureș River]] near the village of [[Lunca Mureșului|Gura Arieșului]], which is close to the town of [[Luduș]].
The towns of [[Câmpeni]], [[Baia de Arieș]], [[Turda]], and [[Câmpia Turzii]] lie on the river Arieș. The upper valley of the river, [[Țara Moților]], is a beautiful rustic region and an important mining region (centered in [[Roșia Montană]]), rich in gold, silver and uranium. Those mines of the [[Metaliferi Mountains]] (part of the [[Apuseni Mountains]]) were exploited since [[Dacia]]n times, and later on they attracted the [[Trajan's Dacian Wars|Roman conquest]].
==Towns and villages==
The following towns and villages are situated along the river Arieș, from source to mouth: [[Câmpeni|Mihoești]], [[Sohodol|Gura Sohodol]], '''[[Câmpeni]]''', [[Câmpeni|Boncești]], [[Bistra, Alba|Lunca Merilor]], [[Bistra, Alba|Bistra]], [[Bistra, Alba|Gârde]], [[Bistra, Alba|Lunca Largă]], [[Lupșa|Pițiga]], [[Lupșa]], [[Lupșa|Hădărău]], [[Lupșa|Valea Lupșii]], [[Baia de Arieș|Muncelu]], '''[[Baia de Arieș]]''', [[Baia de Arieș|Sartăș]], [[Baia de Arieș|Brăzești]], [[Sălciua|Sălciua de Jos]], [[Poșaga|Poșaga de Jos]], [[Poșaga|Lunca]], [[Ocoliș|Vidolm]], [[Iara, Cluj|Lungești]], [[Iara, Cluj|Buru]], [[Moldovenești]], [[Mihai Viteazu, Cluj|Cornești]], [[Mihai Viteazu, Cluj|Cheia]], [[Mihai Viteazu, Cluj|Mihai Viteazu]], '''[[Turda]]''', '''[[Câmpia Turzii]]''', [[Viișoara, Cluj|Viișoara]], [[Luna, Cluj|Luna]], [[Luncani, Cluj|Luncani]], [[Hădăreni]], [[Luna, Cluj|Gligorești]]
==Tributaries==
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Arieș (from source to mouth):{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|147-154|IV.1.81}}
Left: [[Arieșul Mare]], Valea Caselor (Câmpeni), [[Bistra (Arieș)|Bistra]], [[Bistrișoara]], [[Valea Mare (Arieș)|Valea Mare]], Dobra, [[Valea Caselor (Lupșa)]], Lupșa, Sartăș, [[Sălciuța]], [[Poșaga (river)|Poșaga]], [[Ocoliș (Arieș)|Ocoliș]], [[Ocolișel]], [[Iara (Arieș)|Iara]], Borzești, [[Hășdate (river)|Hășdate]], Valea Pordei, Săndulești, [[Valea Racilor (Arieș)|Valea Racilor]], Aluniș, [[Valea Sărată]], [[Pârâul Florilor]], [[Valea Largă (Arieș)|Valea Largă]]
Right: [[Arieșul Mic]], [[Sohodol (Arieș)|Sohodol]], [[Abrud (river)|Abrud]], Valea Luteștilor, Ștefanca, Valea Mușcanilor, [[Valea Șesii (Arieș)|Valea Șesii]], Hermăneasa, [[Cioara (Arieș)|Cioara]], Valea Largă, [[Cheia (Arieș)|Cheia]], [[Rimetea (river)|Rimetea]], [[Văleni (Arieș)|Văleni]], [[Plăiești]], Bădeni, Racoșa, Valea Odăii Beteag
==References==
{{commons category|Arieș}}
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* Kniezsa István- Erdély földrajzi nevei [http://mek.oszk.hu/04700/04729/html/11.html]
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