Jijia | |
Pushpin Map: | Romania |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Ukraine, Romania |
Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
Subdivision Name2: | Botoșani, Iași |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Dorohoi |
Length: | 287km (178miles) |
Discharge1 Min: | 0.14m3/s |
Discharge1 Max: | 340m3/s |
Source1: | Ukraine |
Source1 Elevation: | 410m (1,350feet) |
Mouth: | Prut |
Mouth Location: | Gorban |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.9033°N 28.0828°W |
Basin Size: | 5770km2 |
Tributaries Right: | Sitna, Miletin, Bahlui |
The Jijia (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈʒiʒia/) (Ukrainian: Жижія|Zhyzhiya) is a river in Ukraine and the Moldavia region of Romania, a right tributary of the Prut. 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.[1] It has a length of 287km (178miles),[2] of which 275 km in Romania, and a drainage area of about 5770km2, of which 5757km2 in Romania.[3] Major tributaries are the rivers Sitna, Miletin and Bahlui.
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Jijia (from source to mouth):