About Opentopia
Opentopia Directory Encyclopedia Tools

Rivers of Serbia

Encyclopedia : R : RI : RIV : Rivers of Serbia


This article is part of the series:
Republic of Serbia
See also:
[ view] • [ talk] • [ edit]

This is a list of the rivers of Serbia, either they are flowing entirely or partially within Serbia proper, or just being a border rivers.

Contents

Lengths

The lengths in the table are the overall lengths of the rivers, not just the Serbian parts of the flow. Rivers over 50 km are listed in Table 1.

Some rivers, historically with different names, are already included in the length of other rivers, but exist as separate rivers in topography or tradition. Most prominent ones are listed in Table 2.

Selected list of shorter rivers is added below the two tables.

Drainage basins

All rivers in Serbia belong to the drainage basins of three seas: Black Sea, Adriatic Sea or Aegean Sea.

The largest in area, Black Sea drainage basin, covers and area of 81,261 km² or 92 % of the territory of Serbia. All major rivers in Serbia (and some of the neighboring countries) belong to it, like Tisa, Sava, Velika Morava or Drina, but the entire basin is drained by only one river, the Danube (Serbian: Dunav; Cyrillic: Дунав) which flows into the Black Sea.

The Adriatic Sea drainage basin covers an area of 4,500 km² or 5 % of territory of Serbia. It comprises the western half of the Kosovo and Metohija and it is mostly drained by one river, the Beli Drim, which in Albania meets the Black Drim to create the Drim river, which flows into the Adriatic Sea. Smaller portion of it is drained by Crni Kamen-Radika river in the extreme southern region of Gora, first into Macedonia, then into the Black Drim and Drim river again.

The smallest in area, 2,650 km² or 3 % of the territory of Serbia, the Aegean Sea, covers the southern parts of Serbia, to the Macedonian and Bulgarian borders. This drainage basin is drained by three rivers: Lepenac, Pčinja and Dragovištica. First two flow into the Vardar river in Macedonia, and third one flows into the Struma river in Bulgaria, and both of those rivers flow into the Aegean Sea. It covers the southern parts of Serbia, to the Macedonian and Bulgarian borders.

All three basins meet at the Drmanska glava peak on the Crnoljeva mountain in central Kosovo and Metohija, which represents the hydrographic knot of Serbia and the major one in the Balkans as it divides three out of the Balkan's four drainage basins (the fourth being the Ionian Sea).

Table 1

River Cyrillic Length (km) Drainage area (km²) Drainage basin (sea) length measured as: Main tributary (in Serbia) Provinces within Serbia Countries sharing the same river
1. Dunav Дунав 2.888 817.000 Black Breg-Danube Tisa Vojvodina, Serbia Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine
2. Tisa Тиса 1.026 157.020 Black Black Tisa-Tisa Begej Vojvodina Ukraine, Romania, Hungary
3. Sava Сава 990 95.719 Black Sava Dolinka-Sava Drina Vojvodina, Serbia Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina
4. Velika Morava Велика Морава 493 35.419 Black Golijska Moravica-Zapadna Morava-Velika Morava Južna Morava Serbia none
5. Drina Дрина 487 19.570 Black Tara-Drina Lim Serbia Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina
6. Tamiš Тамиш 359 13.085 Black regular Brzava Vojvodina Romania
7. Drim Дрим 335 11.756 Adriatic Beli Drim-Drim Klina Kosmet Albania
8. Južna Morava Јужна Морава 295 15.469 Black Golema-Binačka Morava-Južna Morava Nišava Kosmet, Serbia Macedonia
9. Ibar Ибар 276 8.059 Black regular Sitnica Serbia, Kosmet Montenegro
10. Begej Бегеј 254 2.878 Black regular Novi Begej Vojvodina Romania
11. Lim Лим 220 5.963 Black Vrmoša-Luča-Lake Plav-Lim Uvac Serbia Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina
12. Nišava Нишава 218 3.950 Black regular Temštica Serbia Bulgaria
13. Timok Тимок 203 4.630 Black Svrljiški Timok-Beli Timok-Timok Crni Timok Serbia Bulgaria
14. Bosut Босут 186 3.097 Black Biđ-Bosut Studva Vojvodina Croatia
15. Brzava Брзава 166 1.190 Black regular minor flows Vojvodina Romania
16. Mlava Млава 158 1.830 Black Tisnica-Mlava Vitovnica Serbia none
17. Toplica Топлица 130 2.600 Black Duboka-Toplica Kosanica Serbia none
18. Pek Пек 129 1.236 Black Lipa-Pek Jagnjilo Serbia none
19. Plazović Плазовић 129 unknown Black regular minor flows Vojvodina Hungary
20. Pčinja Пчиња 128 3.140 Aegean regular minor flows Serbia Macedonia
21. Nera Нера 124 1.420 Black regular minor flows Vojvodina Romania
22. Kolubara Колубара 123 3.639 Black Obnica-Kolubara Tamnava Serbia none
23. Uvac Увац 119 1.310 Black Rasanska reka-Vapa-Uvac Tisnica Serbia Bosnia and Hercegovina
24. Zlatica Златица 117 1.470 Black regular minor flows Vojvodina Romania
25. Karaš Караш 110 1.400 Black regular Ilidija Vojvodina Romania
26. Krivaja Криваја 109 956 Black regular minor flows Vojvodina none
27. Čik Чик 95 unknown Black regular none Vojvodina none
28. Rasina Расина 92 994 Black regular minor flows Serbia none
29. Sitnica Ситница 90 3.129 Black regular Lab Kosmet none
30. Tamnava Тамнава 90 930 Black regular Ub Serbia none
31. Temštica Темштица 86 820 Black Visočica-Temštica Dojkinička reka Serbia Bulgaria
32. Jablanica Јабланица 85 895 Black regular Čokotinska reka Serbia none
33. Crni Timok Црни Тимок 84 unknown Black regular Zlotska reka Serbia none
34. Nadela Надела 81 unknown Black regular minor flows Vojvodina none
35. Jasenica Јасеница 79 1.343 Black regular Kubršnica Serbia none
36. Jadar Јадар 79 894 Black regular Rakovica Serbia none
37. Gruža Гружа 77 622 Black regular Kotlenjača Serbia none
38. Lepenac Лепенац 75 770 Aegean regular Nerodimka Kosmet Macedonia
39. Ðetinja Ђетиња 75 1.486 Black regular Skrapež Serbia none
40. Veternica Ветерница 75 515 Black regular Sušica Serbia none
41. Jerma Јерма 74 unknown Black regular Zvonačka reka Serbia Bulgaria
42. Lab Лаб 72 950 Black regular Kačandolska reka Kosmet none
43. Rzav (Zlatibor) Рзав 72 605 Black Crni Rzav-Rzav Beli Rzav Serbia Bosnia and Hercegovina
44. Pusta reka Пуста река 71 569 Black Golema-Pusta reka minor flows Serbia none
45. Mostonga Мостонга 70 unknown Black regular none Vojvodina none
46. Kereš Кереш 70 unknown Black regular none Serbia Hungary
47. Radika Радика 70 665 Adriatic Crni Kamen-Ćafa Kadis-Radika minor flows Serbia Macedonia
48. Vlasina Власина 68 1.050 Black regular Lužnica Serbia none
49. Resava Ресава 65 685 Black regular none Serbia none
50. Jegrička Јегричка 65 unknown Black regular none Vojvodina none
51. Dragovištica Драговиштица 63 unknown Aegean Mutnica-Božička reka-Dragovištica Ljubatska reka Serbia Bulgaria
52. Pećka Bistrica Пећка Бистрица 62 505 Adriatic regular minor flows Kosmet none
53. Klina Клина 62 unknown Adriatic regular Move Kosmet none
54. Rzav (Golija) Рзав 61 unknown Black Veliki Rzav-Rzav Mali Rzav Serbia none
55. Studenica Студеница 60 582 Black Crna reka-Studenica Brusnička reka Serbia none
56. Raška Рашка 60 1.193 Black regular Deževska reka Serbia none
57. Sokobanjska Moravica Сокобањска Моравица 58 606 Black regular minor flows Serbia none
58. Ub Уб 57 unknown Black regular minor flows Serbia none
59. Lugomir Лугомир 57 447 Black Dulenska reka-Lugomir Županjevačka reka Serbia none
60. Jerez Јерез 56 503 Black regular minor flows Serbia none
61. Jasenička reka Јасеничка река 55 unknown Black Vrelska reka-Jasenička reka minor flows Serbia none
62. Dečanska Bistrica Дечанска Бистрица 53 unknown Adriatic Kožnjarska Bistrica-Dečanska Bistrica Kožnjarska Bistrica Kosmet none
63. Jarčina Јарчина 53 unknown Black Međeš-Progarska Jarčina minor flows Vojvodina, Serbia none
64. Budovar Будовар 52 unknown Black Patka-Budovar minor flows Vojvodina none
65. Drenica Дреница 51 447 Black regular Vrbovačka reka Kosmet none
66. Ralja Раља 51 310 Black regular minor flows Serbia none
67. Erenik Ереник 51 516 Adriatic regular Loćanska Bistrica Kosmet none
68. Resavica Ресавица 51 unknown Black regular minor flows Serbia none
69. Porečka reka Поречка река 50 538 Black Šaška-Porečka reka Crnajka Serbia none
70. Trgoviški Timok Трговишки Тимок 50 unknown Black Strma reka-Trgoviški Timok Žukovska reka Serbia none

Table 2

River Cyrillic Length (km) Drainage area (km²) Drainage basin (sea) length measured as: Main tributary Provinces within Serbia Included in:
1. Zapadna Morava Западна Морава 308 15.849 Black Golijska Moravica-Zapadna Morava Ibar Serbia Velika Morava
2. Beli Drim Бели Дрим 175 4.300 Adriatic regular Klina Kosmet Drim
3. Beli Timok Бели Тимок 115 2.167 Black Svrljiški Timok-Beli Timok Trgoviški Timok Serbia Timok
4. Golijska Moravica Голијска Моравица 98 1.486 Black regular Ðetinja Serbia Zapadna and Velika Morava
5. Visočica Височица 71 unknown Black regular Dojkinička reka Serbia Temštica
3. Svrljiški Timok Сврљишки Тимок 64 unknown Black regular minor flows Serbia Beli Timok and Timok

List of selected rivers below 50 km

  • Lepenica, 48 km
  • Skrapež, 48 km
  • Galovica, 47 km
  • Kalenićka reka, 45 km
  • Rača, 44 km
  • Toponička reka, 43 km
  • Kubršnica, 42 km
  • Jezava, 42 km
  • Nerodimka, 41 km
  • Čemernica, 41 km
  • Belica, 40 km
  • Lužnica, 39 km
  • Kosanica, 38 km
  • Studva, 37 km
  • Dobrava, 37 km
  • Dičina, 35 km
  • Ljuboviđa, 34 km
  • Zasavica, 34 km
  • Kudoš, 34 km
  • Kačer, 32 km
  • Ljig, 31 km
  • Vizelj, 31 km
  • Petrovačka reka, 31 km
  • Topčiderska reka, 30 km
  • Crnica, 30 km
  • Miruša, 30 km
  • Gradac, 30 km
  • Guzajna, 29 km
  • Veliki Begej, 27 km
  • Resavica, 27 km
  • Sibnica, 26 km
  • Šelovrnac, 25 km
  • Čikas, 24 km
  • Radovanska reka, 24 km
  • Bitva, 24 km
  • Borovštica, 20 km
  • Keveriš, 17 km
  • Krivaja (Srem), 16 km
  • Bolečica, 12 km

 

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Search Titles
0123456789
ABCDEFGHIJ
KLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZ?

E-mail this article to:

Personal Message: