Zalău (river)
The Zalău is a right tributary of the river Crasna in northwestern Romania. It flows through the town Zalău. It discharges into the Crasna in Sărmășag. Its length is and its basin size is.
Hydronymy
There are several hypotheses which have been made regarding the origin of the river's name :- the name is derived from the word "silaj", meaning belt in the language spoken by the Eurasian Avars
- the name is derived from the expression "sil es agz", meaning bed of elm trees in Hungarian
- the name is a Hungarian transcription of the "Zillenmarkt", the German name of Zalău city.
Tributaries
The tributaries of the Zalău are:- left: Valea Miței, Panic, Siciu, Lescuț
- right: Guruslău