River
Jijia River
275 km from source to mouth · Romania.
RomaniaFlows into Prut9th longest in Romania
In numbers
Length
275km
Average flow
160m³/s
Basin
5,757km²
Drop
116m
from 139 m to 23 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
275 km of river and 9 stops on the way: 7 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 139 m
- 6 kmMarshyntsi5,353 people
- 12 kmTarasivtsi5,330 people
- 23 kmKostychany3,450 people
- 123 kmLacul Stînca-Costești41 km²
- 129 kmŞtefăneşti-Sat5,607 people
- 168 kmBivolari4,530 people
- 220 kmUngheni34,422 people
- 229 kmBahluitributary
- 241 kmPrisăcani3,578 people
- 275 kmPrutat 23 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Romania
At the mouth it carries 160 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 16 seconds. It drops from 139 m to 23 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 5,757 km², about the size of BN. 2.4 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to May; lowest: from December to February. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (21% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- UngheniLargest city on its banks · 34,422 people
- Iaşi International Airport (IAS)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 14 km from the cityCar hire at IAS airport (Iaşi)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Jijia River, month by month
Highest water: from April to May
Lowest water: from December to February. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 81 m³/s in the lowest month to 430 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Jijia River: the basin in numbers
22,069 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 2.4millionpeople live in the basin
- 110/km²people per km²
- 311maverage altitude of the basin
- 636mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 8.2°Caverage air temperature
- 5%protected areas
- 0.7%covered by lakes
- 1.4km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 22% Forest
- 48% Cropland
- 13% Pasture
- 5% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Jijia River: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 3River beachesCostesti Beach, Marea Nordului, Delia Beach
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.0 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
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Jijia River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1lake on its wayLakeyas
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lacul Stînca-Costeștikm 14241km²
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Jijia River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Prut
Moldova953 km120 m³/sTributaries (17)
Also: Bahlui, Glăvănești River, Bezerc River, Buhai River, Drâslea River, Sitna River, Mihăiașa River, Comarna River, Covasna River, Iepureni, Frasin River, Ibăneasa River, Miletin River, Putreda River, Jijioara River, Pârâul lui Martin, Tamarca River
Serbia
Croatia
Germany
AustriaNearby
Rivers nearby
Romania205 km32 m³/s85 km awayRăutMoldova286 km320 m³/s89 km awayBistrița RiverRomania272 km66 m³/s98 km awayBâcMoldova155 km1.0 m³/s104 km awayDniester
Ukraine1,352 km310 m³/s181 km awayDanubeRomania2,850 km5,400 m³/s222 km awaySiret RiverRomania740 km230 m³/s167 km awaySuceava RiverRomania160 km20 m³/s135 km awayWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q2038472) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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