Vedea

{{Infobox river

| name = Vedea

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| name_other =

| name_etymology =

| image = Vedea.River.1.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = Vedea in 2011, near Peretu

| pushpin_map = Romania

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Romania

| subdivision_type2 = Counties

| subdivision_name2 = Argeș, Olt, Teleorman

| subdivision_type3 = Towns

| subdivision_name3 = Roșiorii de Vede, Alexandria

| length = {{convert|224|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| width_min =

| width_avg =

| width_max =

| depth_min =

| depth_avg =

| depth_max =

| discharge1_location=

| discharge1_min =

| discharge1_avg =

| discharge1_max =

| source1 = Dădulești Hill

| source1_location = Cotmeana Plateau

| source1_coordinates=

| source1_elevation = {{convert|435|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Danube

| mouth_location = Bujoru

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|43|39|13|N|25|31|35|E|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|20|m|abbr=on}}

| progression = {{PDanube}}

| river_system =

| basin_size = {{convert|5430|km2|abbr=on}}

| tributaries_left = Teleorman

| tributaries_right =

| custom_label =

| custom_data =

| extra =

}}

The Vedea ({{IPA|ro|ˈvede̯a}}) is a river in southern Romania that flows from the Cotmeana Plateau and empties into the Danube.{{GeoSource|RO|Annex7|740-743}}{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|315-320|IX.1}} It has a total length of 224 km,{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|315-320|IX.1}} of which 33 km is regulated. Its drainage basin area is 5,430 km².{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|315-320|IX.1}}[http://www.insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/field/publicatii/anuarul_statistic_al_romaniei_carte_en.pdf 2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook], p. 13

It flows in Argeș, Olt and Teleorman counties. The towns Alexandria and Roșiorii de Vede lie in the vicinity of the river.

The name of the river is Dacian in origin, from Indo-European *wed, "water".Katičić, Radislav. Ancient Languages of the Balkans, Part One. Paris: Mouton, 1976: 147[http://rosiorii-de-vede2006.weblog.ro/2006-11.html Istoria râului Vedea] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20070529181741/http://rosiorii-de-vede2006.weblog.ro/tags/r%C3%A2ul+Vedea archive])