Jijia_River_(Prut)

Jijia

Jijia

River in Ukraine, Romania

For the village in Botoșani County, see Albești, Botoșani.

The Jijia (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈʒiʒia]) (Ukrainian: Жижія, romanized: Zhyzhiya) is a river in Ukraine and the Moldavia region of Romania, a right tributary of the Prut.[1][2] It rises in Ukraine at an altitude of 410 metres, flows south in Botoșani County through the town of Dorohoi and meets the Prut in Gorban, Iași County.[3] It has a length of 287 km (178 mi),[4] of which 275 km in Romania,[2] and a drainage area of about 5,770 km2 (2,230 sq mi), of which 5,757 km2 (2,223 sq mi) in Romania.[2][5] Major tributaries are the rivers Sitna, Miletin and Bahlui.

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Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Jijia (from source to mouth):[2]

References

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  1. [1]
    "Planul național de management. Sinteza planurilor de management la nivel de bazine/spații hidrografice, anexa 7.1" (PDF, 5.1 MB). Administrația Națională Apele Române. 2010. pp. 1037–1038.
  2. [2]
    Atlasul cadastrului apelor din România. Partea 1 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ministerul Mediului. 1992. pp. 448–458. OCLC 895459847. River code: XIII.1.15
  3. [3]
    Jijia (jud. Iasi), e-calauza.ro
  4. [4]
    Evaluarea hidrologică a bazinului r. Prut Archived 2018-07-12 at the Wayback Machine, L. Chirică
  5. [5]
    2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook, p. 13


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