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Surduc Pass
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Also called:
Jiu Defile, or Jiu Pass
Romanian:
Pasul Surduc
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Surduc Pass

pass, Romania
Also known as: Jiu Defile, Jiu Pass, Pasul Surduc
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Surduc Pass, pass, southwestern Romania. The Jiu River flows through the pass between the Vâlcan (west) and the Parâng (east) mountains, in the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians). The pass connects the Petroşani Depression (upper Jiu Valley) with the Plain of Oltenia. A road and the Bumbeşti–Livezeni railway line, opened in 1947, follow the pass by means of 30 tunnels and several viaducts.

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