Jiu River

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The Jiu River is a major river in southwestern Romania that flows through the city of Craiova before joining the Danube.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jiu River canonical 10
Jiu River (Gorj section) 1
Jiu River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry coal mining in Jiu Valley ⓘ
basinSize about 10,000 km² ⓘ
confluenceLocation near Iscroni ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
flowsDirection generally north–south ⓘ
flowsThrough Craiova ⓘ
Dolj County ⓘ
Gorj County ⓘ
Hunedoara County ⓘ
Oltenia region ⓘ
linked to: Oltenia
formedByConfluenceOf Jiul de Est ⓘ
Jiul de Vest ⓘ
hasBridgeIn Craiova ⓘ
hasTributary Jiul de Est ⓘ
Jiul de Vest ⓘ
hasValley Jiu Valley ⓘ
languageOfName Romanian ⓘ
length about 339 km ⓘ
locatedIn Romania’s hydrological basin VIII (Jiu–Dunăre) ⓘ
southwestern Romania ⓘ
mouth Danube ⓘ
mouthElevation about 23 m ⓘ
mouthLocation near Bechet ⓘ
partOf Danube river basin ⓘ
linked to: Danube River basin
passesNear Petroșani ⓘ
Târgu Jiu ⓘ
region historical region of Oltenia ⓘ
riverSystem Danube River system ⓘ
sourceCountry Romania ⓘ
sourceLocation Parâng Mountains ⓘ
Southern Carpathians ⓘ
tributaryOf Danube ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Craiova → river → Jiu River ⓘ
Southern Romania → hasRiver → Jiu River ⓘ
Oltenia → traversedByRiver → Jiu River ⓘ
Târgu Jiu → locatedOnRiver → Jiu River ⓘ
Gorj County → namedAfter → Jiu River (Gorj section) ⓘ
linked to: Jiu River
Gorj County → traversedBy → Jiu River ⓘ
Retezat Mountains → drainageBasin → Jiu River basin ⓘ
linked to: Jiu River
Jiu River valley → traversedBy → Jiu River ⓘ
Dolj County → hasRiver → Jiu River ⓘ
Table of Silence → locatedNear → Jiu River ⓘ
South-West Oltenia development region → hasRiver → Jiu River ⓘ