Eger ( Hungarian : Eger-patak ; "Eger Stream") is the longest watercourse in and around the city Eger in Hungary . From the area by the village of Balaton, by the Vajda well, the stream flows through the valley of Eger between the Bükk and Mátra mountains. After 68 kilometers in a south-easterly direction, the stream empties into Lake Tisza ( Tisza ) from the right side. The length of the main branch is about 40 kilometers. Almost the entire area of the districts of Eger and Bélapátfalva lies in the catchment area of the watercourse, therefore it is a crucial component in the hydrography of the region. The stream is part of the Eger–Laskó–Csincse water system.
5-502: The stream is known by the name Rima ( Rima-patak ) in the lower reaches, downstream from the village of Nagytálya. The Eger stream originates in the western foothills of the Bükk Mountains , in the Ózd-Egercsehi basin , at an altitude of 360 metres above sea level. The stream runs southwards across the foothills of the western half of the mountain range in the north-south direction in the trench of its own fault line, then cuts through
10-482: A maximum depth of 17 m; it contains 43 km of small islands . Following the reservoir's completion, Hungarians began to flock to the site for holidays, since it compared favourably with the crowded and expensive Lake Balaton , the traditional holiday site. As a result, tourist infrastructure has been developed on the reservoir—renamed Lake Tisza—and the government has designated it an official tourism destination. The lake (or reservoir) has
15-536: Is the largest artificial lake in Hungary . It is located at the southeastern edge of Heves county , next to counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén , Hajdú-Bihar and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok . As part of the ongoing Tisza River flood control project, the Tisza Dam was built in 1973. Its filling was finished in the 1990s, resulting in a 127 km lake . The lake is 27 km in length, with an average depth of 1.3 m and
20-565: The Egri-Bükk valley to the Hevesi plain , which forms the northern edge of the lowlands, and then turns eastwards across the county border to form the western edge of the Borsodi-Mezőség region. The stream finally flows into the artificially created Lake Tisza between Poroszló and Négyes at an altitude of 89 m above sea level. When the reservoir was created, a large stretch of the former bed of
25-507: The Eger stream and its surroundings was brought below the water level of the artificial lake. At the low water level of Lake Tisza , the former bed is still visible in places. The main tributaries of the Eger: The main watercourses of the Eger stream catchment Lake Tisza Lake Tisza ( Hungarian : Tisza-tó ), also known as Kisköre Reservoir (Hungarian: Kiskörei-víztározó ),
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