This article is about the Romanian river Jiu. Jiu is also the Chinese word for alcoholic beverages, see: Chinese wine.
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 Vālcan and Parāng 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
Affluents
- Susiţa
- Jaleş
- Bistriţa
- Sadu
- Tismana
- Jiltu
- Motru
- Gilort
- Amaradia
See also
