This article is about the Romanian river Jiu. Jiu is also the Chinese word for alcoholic beverages, see: Chinese wine.

The Jiu (Latin: Rabon; 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 Vâlcan and Parâng Mountains)

It flows southward through the Romanian counties Hunedoara, Gorj and Dolj before flowing into the Danube a few kilometers upstream from the Bulgarian city of Oryakhovo, 331 kilometers from its sources. It has a basin of 10,070 km².

Towns and cities

• Petroşani
• Târgu Jiu
• Bumbeşti-Jiu
• Filiaşi
• Craiova

Affluents

• Susiţa
• Jaleş
• Bistriţa
• Sadu
• Tismana
• Jiltu
• Motru
• Gilort
• Amaradia

See also

• Jiu Valley

Rivers of Romania | Tributaries of the Danube

Zsil | Jiu (râu)