Bosut
| Bosut | |
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 Bosut between Rokovci and Andrijaševci | |
 Bosut location [1] | |
| Location | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Dilj/Cerna, Croatia |
village of Bosut, Serbia | |
• coordinates | 44°56′28″N 19°22′14″E / 44.9411°N 19.3706°E |
| Length | 186 km (116 mi) [1] |
| Basin size | 2,943 km2 (1,136 sq mi) [1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Bosut (
Its name from the Indo-European root *bhogj, meaning "to flow". The same root is seen in hydronym "Bosna".[3]
Course
Headwaters
The Bosut originates as the Biđ (or Bič) river in central
The Berava is a small river that rises south of Velika Kopanica, meanders eastwards near Gundinci and Babina Greda, and turns north near Gradište, south of Cerna.
Downstream of Cerna
In the village of Cerna, the Biđ receives the river Berava from the south and from this point it is known as the Bosut. Some maps though, indicate that name Bosut is used before the river reaches Cerna, and some other apply the name also for the lowest part of the Berava's course, between Gradište and Cerna.[citation needed]
Turning north from there, the river flows into the region of
The Bosut enters Serbia at the village of
Characteristics
The Bosut belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin, with its own drainage area of 3,097 km2 (1,196 sq mi) (of which 2,572 km2 (993 sq mi) in Croatia).[2] For some 40 km it is navigable for smaller vessels.
The river is known as meandering and extremely slow, and it has a very small declination in its basin – less than 10 m from Vinkovci until its mouth. Bosut is known as 'the river that flows backwards', because sometimes, with strong winds and being so slow, it appears as if the water is flowing backwards.
The whole valley of the Biđ-Bosut is actually an old, fossil river bed of the Sava. It is also known as a region with the highest evaporation in both Croatia and Serbia. In its lower course, Bosut flows through a forested area in the
See also
References
- ^ a b "Sava River Basin Analysis Report" (PDF). International Sava River Basin Commission. September 2009. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF, 9.98 MB) on 2010-07-17.
- ^ ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ Mayer, Antun (1935). "Ime Mursa". Vjesnik Arheološkog muzeja u Zagrebu. 16 (1): 7. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Statistic description of Brod Regimente in third decade of 19th century". Scrinia Slavonica (in Croatian). 3 (1). November 2003.
- Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
- Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): "Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije"; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6
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