The Prahova River is a river of Southern Romania, which rises from the Bucegi Mountains, in the Southern Carpathians and flows into the Ialomiţa (near Adâncata). The upper reach of the river, upstream of the junction with the Azuga River is sometimes called the Prahoviţa River.
It has a length of 183 km (114 mi), of which 6 km (3.7 mi) are in Braşov County, 161 km (100 mi) are in Prahova County and the last 16 km (9.9 mi) are in Ilfov county.
The basin of the Prahova covers 3,740 km2 (1,440 sq mi), which is about 75% of the surface of Prahova county.
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