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.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mountain valley ⓘ |
| connects |
Oltenia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Aninoasa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bumbești-Jiu NERFINISHED ⓘ Lupeni NERFINISHED ⓘ Petrila NERFINISHED ⓘ Petroșani NERFINISHED ⓘ Târgu Jiu metropolitan area (partly) NERFINISHED ⓘ Uricani NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulcan NERFINISHED ⓘ industrial towns ⓘ mining towns ⓘ |
| country | Romania ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
DN66 national road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance | major north–south passage across the Southern Carpathians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coal mining
ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ transport corridor between Transylvania and Oltenia ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Romanian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Romania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwestern Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gorj County (southern section)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hunedoara County (northern section) NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Carpathians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Southern Carpathians gorges of the Jiu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Oltenia (southern outlet)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transylvania (northern approach) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Jiu River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hydropower potential on the Jiu River
ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ road transport ⓘ |
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