The Crasna (Romanian) or Kraszna (Hungarian) is the name of a river in northwestern Romania and northeastern Hungary. The Crasna is a left tributary of the Tisza. Its source is in Transylvania, Romania, near the village of Crasna. It flows through the Romanian counties SÃÂlaj and Satu Mare and the Hungarian county Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. It flows into the Tisza in Vásárosnamény. Cities along the Crasna are ÃÂimleu Silvaniei in Romania, Nagyecsed and Mátészalka in Hungary.
Until the 1890s the Crasna discharged into the river SomeÃÂ. Since then, the lower course of the Crasna has been regulated and it discharges into the Tisza 3.5 km downstream of the confluence of Tisza and SomeÃÂ. Its basin size is .
The following towns and villages are situated along the river Crasna, from source to mouth: Cizer, Horoatu Crasnei, Crasna, VârÃÂolÃÂ, Pericei, ÃÂimleu Silvaniei, MÃÂeriÃÂte, SÃÂrmÃÂÃÂag, Bobota, Supur, AcâÃÂ, CraidorolÃÂ, Moftin, Berveni (in Romania) and Nagyecsed, Mátészalka and Vásárosnamény (in Hungary).
The following rivers are tributaries to the Crasna: