Jiu River valley

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The Jiu River valley is a significant mountain valley in southwestern Romania that cuts through the Southern Carpathians, forming an important natural corridor and hosting several industrial and mining towns.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jiu River valley canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain valley ⓘ
connects Oltenia ⓘ
Transylvania ⓘ
contains Aninoasa ⓘ
Bumbești-Jiu ⓘ
Lupeni ⓘ
Petrila ⓘ
Petroșani ⓘ
Târgu Jiu metropolitan area (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Târgu Jiu

Uricani ⓘ
Vulcan ⓘ
industrial towns ⓘ
mining towns ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
crossedBy DN66 national road ⓘ
railway line between Petroșani and Târgu Jiu ⓘ
forms natural corridor through the Southern Carpathians ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity coal extraction ⓘ
electric power generation (coal-based) ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue pollution from mining and heavy industry ⓘ
hasGeographicalDirection roughly north–south ⓘ
hasHydrologyFeature upper Jiu River course ⓘ
hasIndustrialHeritage coal mining settlements and infrastructure ⓘ
hasLandscapeType industrial ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
hasSubregion Jiu Valley coalfield ⓘ
importance major north–south passage across the Southern Carpathians ⓘ
knownFor coal mining ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
transport corridor between Transylvania and Oltenia ⓘ
languageUsed Romanian ⓘ
locatedIn Romania ⓘ
southwestern Romania ⓘ
partOf Gorj County (southern section) ⓘ
linked to: Gorj County

Hunedoara County (northern section) ⓘ
linked to: Hunedoara County

Southern Carpathians ⓘ
passesThrough Southern Carpathians gorges of the Jiu ⓘ
region Oltenia (southern outlet) ⓘ
linked to: Oltenia

Transylvania (northern approach) ⓘ
traversedBy Jiu River ⓘ
usedFor hydropower potential on the Jiu River ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
road transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Carpathians → traversedBy → Jiu River valley ⓘ
Vâlcan Mountains → crossedBy → Jiu River valley ⓘ