The Chițiu is a left

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the river Jiu in

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. Its source is in the

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. It flows into the Jiu near the Lainici Monastery, in the Jiu Gorge.Chitiu (jud. Gorj)
e-calauza.ro Its length is and its basin size is .

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