![]() The Olt flows into the Danube river near Turnu Măgurele.Ĭrossing the Olt river, 1869 watercolor by Amedeo Preziosi ![]() Sfântu Gheorghe, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina are the main cities on the river Olt. Olt County and the historical province of Oltenia are named after the river. The river was known as Alutus or Aluta in Roman antiquity. It flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Covasna, Brașov, Sibiu, Vâlcea, and Olt. ![]() Its source is in the Hășmaș Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near Bălan, rising close to the headwaters of the river Mureș. Its average discharge at the mouth is 174 m 3/s (6,100 cu ft/s). It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. The Olt ( Romanian and Hungarian German: Alt Latin: Aluta or Alutus, Turkish: Oltu, Ancient Greek: Ἄλυτος Alytos) is a river in Romania.
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