Jiu River

The Jiu is a river in southern . It is formed near by the confluence of the headwaters Jiul de Vest and the Jiul de Est. It flows southward through the Romanian counties of , , and before flowing into the near Zăval, a few kilometers upstream from the city of .
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  • Stream
  • …lies at an elevation of 26 metres (85 feet)
  • Description: Tributary of the Danube River in southern Romania
  • Also known as
    “Jiu”
    “Jiul”
    “Rabon”
    “Schiel”
    “Schil”
    “Zsil”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kozloduy Island.
is the second largest island. is situated 3 km west of Jiu River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kozloduy and Zăval.
Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a town in northwest , located in , on the River. is situated 6 km west of Jiu River.
PoyZONE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 8 km northeast of Jiu River.
is a in Northwestern , part of Miziya Municipality, . is situated 9 km southeast of Jiu River.

Jiu River

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Latitude
43.78333° or 43° 47′ north
Longitude
23.8° or 23° 48′ east
Open location code
8GM5QRM2+82
Geo­Names ID
675202
Wiki­data ID
Q530577

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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: “捷烏河”
  • Chinese: “日烏河”
  • Croatian: “Jiu”
  • Czech: “Jiu”
  • Danish: “Jiu (flod)”
  • Danish: “Jiu”
  • Dutch: “Jiu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جيو”
  • Esperanto: “Jiu”
  • Estonian: “Jiu”
  • French: “Jiu”
  • Georgian: “ჟიუ”
  • German: “Jiu”
  • Greek: “Ζίου”
  • Hebrew: “ז’יו”
  • Hebrew: “זיו”
  • Hungarian: “Zsil”
  • Ido: “Rivero Jiu”
  • 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”

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