| Motru | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:RO_MH_Motru_river.jpg) Motru river at Negoiești, Mehedinți county | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Romania |
| Counties | Gorj, Mehedinți |
| Towns | Motru, Strehaia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Jiu |
• location | near Filiași |
• coordinates | 44°33′21″N 23°27′03″E / 44.55583°N 23.45083°E |
| Length | 139 km (86 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,874 km2 (724 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Jiu→ Danube→ Black Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Coșuștea |
The Motru is a right tributary of the river Jiu in Southwestern Romania.[1][2] It discharges into the Jiu in Gura Motrului, near the town Filiași.[3] Its length is 134 km (83 mi) and its hydrological basin size is 1,895 km2 (732 sq mi).[2][4]
- ^ "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. 578–585.
- ^ a b Atlasul cadastrului apelor din România. Partea 1 (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ministerul Mediului. 1992. pp. 248–251. OCLC 895459847. River code: VII.1.36
- ^ Motru (jud. Gorj), e-calauza.ro
- ^ L. Leustean, National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics[permanent dead link]