Lotru
river in Romania
The Lotru is a right tributary of the river Olt in Romania. Its source is in the Parâng Mountains. It feeds the reservoirs Vidra, Malaia and Brădișor. It passes through the Voineasa, Malaia, and Brezoi communes and flows into the Olt in Golotreni, near the town of Brezoi. Its length is 83 km (52 mi) and its basin size is 990 km2 (380 sq mi).
“Lotru” enters the record as river in Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lotru, river and Romania can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Lotru” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Lotru, river and Romania provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6684857. VIAF identifies the subject as 315126928. The Library of Congress control number is sh87005248. Authority coordinates are 45.336, 24.275. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Lotru” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.