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| image              = Vedea.River.1.jpg
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| image_caption      = '''Vedea''' in 2011, near [[Peretu]]
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Romania]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Argeș County|Argeș]], [[Olt County|Olt]], [[Teleorman County|Teleorman]]
| subdivision_type3  = Towns
| subdivision_name3  = [[Roșiorii de Vede]], [[Alexandria, Romania|Alexandria]]
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| source1            = [[Dădulești Hill]]
| source1_location   = [[Cotmeana Plateau]]
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| mouth              = [[Danube]]
| mouth_location     = [[Bujoru, Teleorman|Bujoru]]
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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&nbsp;km,{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|315-320|IX.1}} of which 33&nbsp;km is regulated. Its [[drainage basin]] area is 5,430&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|315-320|IX.1}}<ref>[http://www.insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/field/publicatii/anuarul_statistic_al_romaniei_carte_en.pdf 2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook], p. 13</ref>

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

The name of the river is [[Dacian language|Dacian]] in origin, from Indo-European *''wed'', "water".<ref>Katičić, Radislav. ''Ancient Languages of the Balkans, Part One''. Paris: Mouton, 1976: 147</ref><ref>[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])</ref>

==Towns and villages==

The following towns and villages are situated along the river Vedea, from source to mouth: [[Făgețelu]], [[Spineni]], [[Tătulești]], [[Optași-Măgura|Optași]], [[Corbu, Olt|Corbu]], [[Tufeni]], [[Ghimpețeni]], [[Nicolae Titulescu, Olt|Nicolae Titulescu]], [[Văleni, Olt|Văleni]], [[Stejaru, Teleorman|Stejaru]], [[Roșiorii de Vede]], [[Vedea, Teleorman|Vedea]], [[Peretu]], [[Plosca]], [[Mavrodin]], [[Buzescu]], [[Alexandria, Romania|Alexandria]], [[Poroschia]], [[Brânceni]], [[Smârdioasa]], [[Cervenia]], [[Conțești, Teleorman|Conțești]], [[Bragadiru, Teleorman|Bragadiru]], [[Bujoru, Teleorman|Bujoru]].

==Tributaries==

The following rivers are tributaries of the Vedea (from source to mouth):{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|315-320|IX.1}}

*Left: [[Ciorâca]], Tișar, [[Vedița]], Cupen, [[Cotmeana (river)|Cotmeana]], [[Tecuci (river)|Tecuci]], [[Burdea]], [[Pârâul Câinelui]], [[Teleorman (river)|Teleorman]]
*Right: [[Plapcea]], [[Dorofei (river)|Dorofei]], [[Bratcov]], Bărâcea, [[Nanov (river)|Nanov]], [[Izvoarele (Vedea)|Izvoarele]], Rojiștea

==References==
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{{Danube}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Romania]]
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[[Category:Rivers of Argeș County]]
[[Category:Rivers of Olt County]]
[[Category:Rivers of Teleorman County]]


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