Someșul Mic

{{Short description|River in northwestern Romania}}

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| name = Someșul Mic

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| image = Banks_Somes_Cluj-Napoca.jpg

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| image_caption = Banks of Someșul Mic River in Cluj-Napoca

| map = Raul Somesul Mic.png

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Romania

| subdivision_type2 = Counties

| subdivision_name2 = Cluj County

| subdivision_type3 = Towns

| subdivision_name3 = Cluj-Napoca, Gherla, Dej

| length = {{convert|178|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| source1 = Confluence of the Someșul Rece and Someșul Cald

| source1_location = Gilău

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| mouth = Someș

| mouth_location = near Dej

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|47|8|41|N|23|54|48|E|display=inline,title}}

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| progression = {{RSomeș}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|3773|km2|abbr=on}}

| tributaries_left = Someșul Cald, Nadăș

| tributaries_right = Someșul Rece, Fizeș

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The Someșul Mic (Little Someș, Hungarian: Kis-Szamos) is a river in north-western Romania (Cluj County). At its confluence with the Someșul Mare in Mica, the Someș is formed.{{GeoSource|RO|Annex7|81}}{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|68-76|II.1.31}}[http://www.e-calauza.ro/index.php?afiseaza=pluta_noua&rau=7 Somesul Mic (jud. Cluj)], e-calauza.ro Its total length is {{convert|178|km|abbr=on}}, and its drainage basin area is {{convert|3773|km2|abbr=on}}.{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|68-76|II.1.31}}[http://www.insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/field/publicatii/anuarul_statistic_al_romaniei_carte_en.pdf 2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook], p. 13 It is formed at the confluence of two headwaters, Someșul Cald ("Warm Someș") and Someșul Rece ("Cold Someș"), that originate in the Apuseni Mountains. From the confluence, in Gilău, the Someșul Mic flows east and north through Cluj-Napoca, Apahida and Gherla, until it meets the Someșul Mare in Dej.