| Jijia | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ukraine, Romania |
| Counties | Botoșani, Iași |
| Town | Dorohoi |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Ukraine |
| • elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
| Mouth | Prut |
• location | Gorban |
• coordinates | 46°54′12″N 28°04′58″E / 46.90333°N 28.08278°E |
| Length | 287 km (178 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,770 km2 (2,230 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • minimum | 0.14 m3/s (4.9 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 340 m3/s (12,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Prut→ Danube→ Black Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Sitna, Miletin, Bahlui |
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.
