Jiu (river)

{{short description|River in Romania}} {{Infobox river | name = Jiu | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = Jiu River in Craiova.jpg | image_size = 270 | image_caption = View of the Jiu passing Craiova, Dolj County, Romania | map = Raul Jiu.png | map_size = 270 | map_caption = The Jiu in Romania  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Romania | subdivision_type2 = Counties | subdivision_name2 = {{hlist|Hunedoara|Gorj|Dolj}} | subdivision_type3 = Cities | subdivision_name3 = {{hlist|Petroșani (Jiul de Est)|Lupeni (Jiul de Vest)|Târgu Jiu|Craiova}}  | length = {{convert|340|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = 120 m (393 ft) (Craiova) | discharge1_location= mouth | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|86|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Confluence of headwaters Jiul de Vest and Jiul de Est, near Petroșani, Hunedoara | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= {{coord|45|22|07|N|23|22|04|E|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|554|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Danube | mouth_location = near Bechet, Dolj | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|43|46|41|N|23|48|48|E|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = {{RDanube}} | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|10080|km2|abbr=on}} | tributaries_left = Jiul de Est, Gilort, Amaradia | tributaries_right = Jiul de Vest, Motru | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Jiu''' ({{IPA|ro|ʒiw|lang|Ro-Jiu.ogg}}; {{langx|hu|Zsil}} {{IPA|hu|ʒil|}}; {{langx|de|Schil or Schiel}}; {{langx|la|Rabon}}) is a river in southern Romania.{{GeoSource|RO|Annex7|538}}{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|239-255|VII.1}} It is formed near Petroșani by the confluence of headwaters Jiul de Vest and Jiul de Est.

It flows southward through the Romanian counties Hunedoara, Gorj, and Dolj before flowing into the Danube near Zăval,<ref>[http://www.e-calauza.ro/index.php?afiseaza=pluta_noua&rau=48 Jiu (jud. Dolj)], e-calauza.ro</ref> a few kilometers upstream from the Bulgarian city of Oryahovo. It is {{convert|339|km}} long, including its source river, Jiul de Vest.{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|239-255|VII.1}}{{GeoSource|Danube||12}} It has a basin of {{convert|10430|km2|abbr=on}}.{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|239-255|VII.1}}{{GeoSource|Danube||12}}<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> Its average discharge at the mouth is {{cvt|97|m3/s}}.{{GeoSource|Danube||12}}

The upper Jiu Valley, around Petroșani and Lupeni, is Romania's principal coal mining region.

==Towns and cities== The following towns are situated along the Jiu, from source to mouth: Petroșani (Jiul de Est), Lupeni (Jiul de Vest), Bumbești-Jiu, Târgu Jiu, Turceni, Filiași, and Craiova.

[[File:Old Border Checkpoint.jpg|thumb|left|Border checkpoint between Romania and Austria-Hungary in the Jiu Gorge ({{circa}} 1914)]]

==Tributaries==

The following rivers are tributaries of the Jiu (from source to mouth):{{GeoSource|RO|Atlas|239-255|VII.1}}

*Left: Jiul de Est, Izvor, Polatiștea, Radul, Pârâul Alb, Păiușu, Chițiu, Sadu, Curpenoasa, Tetila, Iazu Topilelor, Hodinău, Amaradia (Gorj), Dâmbova, Cioiana, Gilort, Fratoștița, Cârnești, Răcari, Brădești, Amaradia (Dolj), Preajba, Lumaș, Leu, Gioroc *Right: Jiul de Vest, Cândețu, Murga Mică, Murga Mare, Dumitra, Cerbănașu, Bratcu, Porcu, Sâmbotin, Cartiu, Pietroasa, Șușița (Gorj), Tismana, Timișeni, Jilț, Ceplea, Șușița (Mehedinți), Motru, Bâlta, Racovița, Argetoaia, Raznic, Tejac, Ulm, Prodila

==See also== *Jiu Valley

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Rivers of Romania Category:Jiu basin Category:Rivers of Hunedoara County Category:Rivers of Gorj County Category:Rivers of Dolj County

Jiu (river)

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