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Olt River Source

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Olt River Source

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Olt River Source

Name: Olt River Source
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Location: Harghita, Romania

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1. Olt Spring – Olt River Source loop from Bălan

61.6km

05:43

1,340m

1,350m

Expert mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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Traian.G.Popescu

July 20, 2022

The Olt River boasts a length of almost 615 kilometers, with over 22 accumulation lakes along its course. From its source to its outflow, it collects about 80 tributaries. Olt crosses no less than seven counties - Harghita, Covasna, Brasov, Sibiu, Valcea, Olt and Teleorman.
The name of the river Olt comes from the Latin "Alutus" or "Aluta". At the same time, during the Dacian period, the river was known as the Daco-Getic name of "Alutus", so that later, under the Roman occupation, its name would adapt to "Aluta". The Olt River springs from the Giurgeu Mountains, on the S-SE slope of the Eastern Carpathians, at 1,261 meters altitude.
"The Olt is not just a river, but a symbol, a witness to the most important historical events that the Romanian people went through", Geo Bogza notes about the Olt River, water to which the writer dedicated the work "The Book of Olt".

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1. Olt Spring – Olt River Source loop from Bălan

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