List of rivers of Serbia
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This is a list of the rivers of Serbia, either those flowing entirely or partially within Serbia proper, or just being a border rivers.
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 an area of 81,261 km2 or 92% of the territory of Serbia. The entire basin is drained by only one river, the Danube, which flows into the Black Sea. All major rivers in Serbia, like Tisa, Sava, Velika Morava and Drina belong to it.
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 White Drin, which in Albania meets the Black Drin to create the Drin 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, which also drains into Black Drin in Macedonia.
The Aegean Sea basin is the smallest in area, 2,650 km2 or 3% of the territory of Serbia, and covers the southern parts of Serbia, to the Macedonian and Bulgarian borders. It is drained by three rivers: Lepenac, Pčinja and Dragovištica. The first two flow into the Vardar river in Macedonia, and the third flows into the Struma river in Bulgaria, and both of those rivers flow into the Aegean Sea.
All three basins meet at the Drmanska glava peak on the Crnoljeva mountain in central Kosovo, which represents the water divide 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).
List of major rivers
The lengths in the table present the overall lengths of the rivers, not just the Serbian parts of the flow. In the first table, rivers over 50 km are listed, including river systems (such as Great Morava) created by confluence of other major rivers; in those cases, the length is given as the total of the river and the longer headstream.
Selected list of shorter rivers is added below the two tables.
Name | Cyrillic | Length (km) | Drainage area (km2) | Drainage basin (sea) | length measured as: | Main tributary (in Serbia) | Provinces within Serbia | Countries sharing the same river | |
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1. | Danube | Дунав | 2888 | 817000 | Black | Breg-Danube | Tisa | Vojvodina, Serbia | Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine |
2. | Tisa | Тиса | 1026 | 157020 | Black | Black Tisa-Tisa | Begej | Vojvodina | Ukraine, Romania, Hungary |
3. | Sava | Сава | 990 | 95719 | Black | Sava Dolinka-Sava | Drina | Vojvodina, Serbia | Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4. | Great Morava | Велика Морава | 493 | 35419 | Black | Golijska Moravica-Zapadna Morava-Velika Morava | Južna Morava | Serbia | none |
5. | Drina | Дрина | 487 | 19570 | Black | Tara-Drina | Lim | Serbia | Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
6. | Tamiš | Тамиш | 359 | 13085 | Black | regular | Brzava | Vojvodina | Romania |
7. | Drin | Дрим | 335 | 11756 | Adriatic | White Drin-Drin | Klina | Kosovo | Albania |
8. | South Morava | Јужна Морава | 295 | 15469 | Black | Golema-Binačka Morava-Južna Morava | Nišava | Kosovo, Serbia | Macedonia |
9. | Ibar | Ибар | 276 | 8059 | Black | regular | Sitnica | Serbia, Kosovo | Montenegro |
10. | Begej | Бегеј | 254 | 2878 | Black | regular | Novi Begej | Vojvodina | Romania |
11. | Lim | Лим | 220 | 5963 | Black | Vrmoša-Luča-Lake Plav-Lim | Uvac | Serbia | Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
12. | Nišava | Нишава | 218 | 3950 | Black | regular | Temštica | Serbia | Bulgaria |
13. | Timok | Тимок | 203 | 4630 | Black | Svrljiški Timok-Beli Timok-Timok | Crni Timok | Serbia | Bulgaria |
14. | Bosut | Босут | 186 | 3097 | Black | Biđ-Bosut | Studva | Vojvodina | Croatia |
15. | Brzava | Брзава | 166 | 1190 | Black | regular | minor flows | Vojvodina | Romania |
16. | Mlava | Млава | 158 | 1830 | Black | Tisnica-Mlava | Vitovnica | Serbia | none |
17. | Toplica | Топлица | 130 | 2600 | Black | Duboka-Toplica | Kosanica | Serbia | none |
18. | Pek | Пек | 129 | 1236 | Black | Lipa-Pek | Jagnjilo | Serbia | none |
19. | Plazović | Плазовић | 129 | Black | regular | minor flows | Vojvodina | Hungary | |
20. | Pčinja | Пчиња | 128 | 3140 | Aegean | regular | minor flows | Serbia | Macedonia |
21. | Nera | Нера | 124 | 1420 | Black | regular | minor flows | Vojvodina | Romania |
22. | Kolubara | Колубара | 123 | 3639 | Black | Obnica-Kolubara | Tamnava | Serbia | none |
23. | Uvac | Увац | 119 | 1310 | Black | Rasanska reka-Vapa-Uvac | Tisnica | Serbia | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
24. | Zlatica | Златица | 117 | 1470 | Black | regular | minor flows | Vojvodina | Romania |
25. | Karaš | Караш | 110 | 1400 | Black | regular | Ilidija | Vojvodina | Romania |
26. | Krivaja | Криваја | 109 | 956 | Black | regular | minor flows | Vojvodina | none |
27. | Čik | Чик | 95 | 481 | Black | regular | none | Vojvodina | none |
28. | Rasina | Расина | 92 | 994 | Black | regular | minor flows | Serbia | none |
29. | Sitnica | Ситница | 90 | 3129 | Black | regular | Lab | Kosovo | 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 | 1003 | Black | regular | Zlotska reka | Serbia | none |
34. | Nadela | Надела | 81 | Black | regular | minor flows | Vojvodina | none | |
35. | Jasenica | Јасеница | 79 | 1343 | 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 | Kosovo | Macedonia |
39. | Đetinja | Ђетиња | 75 | 1486 | Black | regular | Skrapež | Serbia | none |
40. | Veternica | Ветерница | 75 | 515 | Black | regular | Sušica | Serbia | none |
41. | Jerma | Јерма | 74 | Black | regular | Zvonačka reka | Serbia | Bulgaria | |
42. | Lab | Лаб | 72 | 950 | Black | regular | Kačandolska reka | Kosovo | none |
43. | Rzav (Zlatibor) | Рзав | 72 | 605 | Black | Black Rzav-Rzav | White Rzav | Serbia | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
44. | Pusta reka | Пуста река | 71 | 569 | Black | Golema-Pusta reka | minor flows | Serbia | none |
45. | Mostonga | Мостонга | 70 | Black | regular | none | Vojvodina | none | |
46. | Kereš | Кереш | 70 | Black | regular | none | Serbia | Hungary | |
47. | Radika | Радика | 70 | 665 | Adriatic | Crni Kamen-Ćafa Kadis-Radika | minor flows | Serbia | Macedonia |
48. | Vlasina | Власина | 68 | 1050 | Black | regular | Lužnica | Serbia | none |
49. | Resava | Ресава | 65 | 685 | Black | regular | none | Serbia | none |
50. | Jegrička | Јегричка | 65 | Black | regular | none | Vojvodina | none | |
51. | Dragovištica | Драговиштица | 63 | Aegean | Mutnica-Božička reka-Dragovištica | Ljubatska reka | Serbia | Bulgaria | |
52. | Pećka Bistrica | Пећка Бистрица | 62 | 505 | Adriatic | regular | minor flows | Kosovo | Montenegro |
53. | Klina | Клина | 62 | 393 | Adriatic | regular | Move | Kosovo | none |
54. | Rzav (Golija) | Рзав | 61 | 575 | 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 | 1193 | Black | regular | Deževska reka | Serbia | none |
57. | Sokobanjska Moravica | Сокобањска Моравица | 58 | 606 | Black | regular | minor flows | Serbia | none |
58. | Ub | Уб | 57 | 274 | 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 | Black | Vrelska reka-Jasenička reka | minor flows | Serbia | none | |
62. | Dečanska Bistrica | Дечанска Бистрица | 53 | 300 | Adriatic | Kožnjarska Bistrica-Dečanska Bistrica | Kožnjarska Bistrica | Kosovo | none |
63. | Jarčina | Јарчина | 53 | Black | Međeš-Progarska Jarčina | minor flows | Vojvodina, Serbia | none | |
64. | Budovar | Будовар | 52 | Black | Patka-Budovar | minor flows | Vojvodina | none | |
65. | Drenica | Дреница | 51 | 447 | Black | regular | Vrbovačka reka | Kosovo | none |
66. | Ralja | Раља | 51 | 310 | Black | regular | minor flows | Serbia | none |
67. | Erenik | Ереник | 51 | 516 | Adriatic | regular | Loćanska Bistrica | Kosovo | none |
68. | Porečka reka | Поречка река | 50 | 538 | Black | Šaška-Porečka reka | Crnajka | Serbia | none |
69. | Trgoviški Timok | Трговишки Тимок | 50 | 520 | Black | Strma reka-Trgoviški Timok | Žukovska reka | Serbia | none |
Major sub-rivers
Some rivers, historically with different names, are already included in the length of other rivers, but exist as separate rivers in topography or tradition. The most prominent ones are listed below.
Name | Cyrillic | Length (km) | Drainage area (km2) | Drainage basin (sea) | length measured as: | Main tributary | Provinces within Serbia | Included in: | |
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1. | West Morava | Западна Морава | 308 | 15849 | Black | Golijska Moravica-West Morava | Ibar | Serbia | Great Morava |
2. | White Drin | Бели Дрим | 175 | 4300 | Adriatic | regular | Klina | Kosovo | Drin |
3. | Beli Timok | Бели Тимок | 115 | 2167 | Black | Svrljiški Timok-White Timok | Trgoviški Timok | Serbia | Timok |
4. | Golijska Moravica | Голијска Моравица | 98 | 1486 | Black | regular | Ðetinja | Serbia | West and Great Morava |
5. | Visočica | Височица | 71 | Black | regular | Dojkinička reka | Serbia | Temštica | |
6. | Svrljiški Timok | Сврљишки Тимок | 64 | 720 | Black | regular | minor flows | Serbia | White Timok and Timok |
List of selected rivers below 50 km
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