Jiu

This article is about the Romanian river Jiu. Jiu is also the Chinese word for alcoholic beverages, see: Chinese wine.

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Jiu (Romanian:Jiu; Hungarian:Zsil) is a river of Southern Romania. It is formed near Petroşani by the confluence of two streams: the western and the eastern Jiu (which rise from the Vâlcan and Parâng Mountains )

It flows Southward through the Romanian counties Hunedoara, Gorj and Dolj before flowing into the river Danube a few km upstream from the Bulgarian city of Oryakhovo , 331 kilometers from its sources. It has a basin of 10,070 km².

Towns and cities

• Petroşani
• Târgu Jiu
• Bumbeşti-Jiu
• Filiaşi
• Craiova

Affluents

• Susiţa
• Jaleş
• Bistriţa
• Sadu
• Tismana
• Jiltu
• Motru
• Gilort
• Amaradia

See also

• Jiu Valley