Jiu River
The Jiu is a river in southern Romania. 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, a few kilometers upstream from the Bulgarian city of Oryahovo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: Tributary of the Danube River in southern Romania
- Also known as: “Jiu”, “Jiul”, “Rabon”, “Schiel”, “Schil”, and “Zsil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kozloduy Island.
Kozloduy Island
Island
Kozloduy Island is the second largest Bulgarian Danubian island. Located opposite the town of Kozloduy, it is 7.5 km in length and between 0.5 and 1.6 km in width, with an area of 6.1 km2. Kozloduy Island is situated 3 km west of Jiu River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kozloduy and Zăval.
Kozloduy
Town
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Kozloduy is a town in northwest Bulgaria, located in Vratsa Province, on the Danube River. The city was liberated from Ottoman rule on 23 November 1877 by the Romanian Army under the command of the Imperial Russian Army. Kozloduy is situated 6 km west of Jiu River.
Zăval
Village
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Zăval is a village, which is situated 8 km northeast of Jiu River.
Saraevo
Village
Saraevo is a village in Northwestern Bulgaria, part of Miziya Municipality, Vratsa Province. It is located on Skat River, which discharges into Ogosta nearby, which in its turn discharges into the Danube not far away. Saraevo is situated 9 km southeast of Jiu River.
Jiu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Jiu River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jiu River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جيو”
- Armenian: “Ժիու”
- Asturian: “Ríu Jiu”
- Basque: “Jiu (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Jiu”
- Belarusian: “Жыў”
- Bulgarian: “Жиу”
- Catalan: “Riu Jiu”
- Cebuano: “Jiu”
- Chinese: “Jiu Khe”
- Chinese: “捷烏河”
- Chinese: “日烏河”
- Croatian: “Jiu”
- Czech: “Jiu”
- Danish: “Jiu (flod)”
- Danish: “Jiu”
- Dutch: “Jiu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جيو”
- Esperanto: “Jiu”
- French: “Jiu”
- Georgian: “ჟიუ”
- German: “Jiu”
- Greek: “Ζίου”
- Hebrew: “ז’יו”
- Hebrew: “זיו”
- Hungarian: “Zsil”
- Irish: “Abhainn Jiu”
- Italian: “Jiu”
- Japanese: “ジウ川”
- Korean: “지우강”
- Ladin: “Jiu”
- Latvian: “Žiu”
- Lithuanian: “Žiu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jiu Khe”
- Mingrelian: “ჯიუ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jiu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jiu”
- Norwegian: “Jiu”
- Persian: “رود جیو”
- Polish: “Jiu”
- Portuguese: “Rio Jiu”
- Romanian: “Jiu”
- Romanian: “Râul Jiu”
- Russian: “Джиу”
- Serbian: “Жију”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jiu”
- South Azerbaijani: “جیو چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Jiu”
- Spanish: “Río Jiu”
- Swedish: “Jiu”
- Turkish: “Jiu Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Джіу”
- Ukrainian: “Жіу”
- Venetian: “Fiume Jiu”
- Welsh: “Afon Jiu”
- Western Panjabi: “گیو دریا”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and Golemata Mogila.
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