Jiu

The Jiu is a river in Romania's south. The confluence of the streams Jiul de Vest and Jiul de Est forms it near Petroșani. It flows south through Romanian counties Hunedoara, Gorj, and Dolj until entering the Danube a few kilometers upstream from Oryahovo, Bulgaria, 339 kilometers from its source. It has a 10,080 km2 basin. Romania's main coal mining region is in the upper Jiu Valley, around Petroșani and Lupeni.


The Dacians called the Jiu River Rhabon in the past. Petroșani (Jiul de Est), Lupeni (Jiul de Vest), Bumbești-Jiu, Târgu Jiu, Turceni, Filiași, Craiova is the towns along the Jiu river from source to mouth.

Leghth: 339 km

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