Resava (river)

Resava (Ресава)
Resava (Ресава)
	Resava source
Location
Country	Serbia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Beljanica mountain, central Serbia
• elevation	1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Mouth
• location	Velika Morava, west of Svilajnac, central Serbia
• coordinates	44°14′46″N 21°10′23″E / 44.2461°N 21.1731°E
Length	65 km (40 mi)
Basin size	744 km2 (287 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Great Morava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Resava (

Resava Monastery, the coal mines in its valley and the popular tourist destination of Resava Cave

.

River

The Resava originates from the Homolje region in eastern Serbia. It springs out at an altitude of 1,100 m and flows westward between the mountains of Beljanica (on the north) and Kučaj (on the south). In its upper course, the Resava runs parallel to its left tributary, the Kločanica, and area around the villages of Strmosten, Vodna and Stenjevac is known for many caves (Resava Cave, Sokolica, Crystal, etc.).

The Resava carved a 25 km-long and 400 m-deep gorge, with a central part of it representing a typical

sinking river for a while and creates a 25 m-high waterfall

, until recently, the highest one in central Serbia.

In its lower course, the river creates a typical epigene gallery feature, between the hills of Pastorak (570 m) and

Pomoravlje

.

The Resava passes through the REMBAS coal mining region, next to the villages of Miliva,

Velika Morava

.

The Resava belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin, drains an area of 744 km²^[2] and it is not navigable.

Region

The Resava region divides in two: Upper Resava (eastern) and Lower Resava (western).

Eastern Resava is located around the southern and western slopes of the Beljanica mountain. The area is partially karst, made of limestone, and as a result of a porous terrain, many caves are formed.

Western Resava represents the extension of the peripannonic area of the southern

Pannonian plain. It comprises the Resava Coal Mines, with a small towns of Resavica, Despotovac and Svilajnac

. Apart from the mining, the area is mostly agricultural.

In the beginning of the 19th century, Resava was knežina, one of the

vojvoda Stevan Sinđelić, one of the greatest heroes of the First Serbian Uprising

.

Resava Coal Mines

Resava-Morava Coal Mines (Resavsko-moravski ugljeni basen/Ресавско-моравски угљени басен) or shortly REMBAS (РЕМБАС) are located in the lower Resava river valley. They comprise the brown coal mines of Resava, Ravna Reka, Vodna and Senjski Rudnik in the Resava watershed and the Jasenovac in the watershed of the Mlava river. The basin is sometimes also referred to as the Senj-Resava Coal Mines (Senjsko-resavski ugljeni basen/Сењско-ресавски угљени басен).

References

^
ISSN 0354-4206
. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

^ ^a ^b Velika Morava River Basin, ICPDR, November 2009, p. 2

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

External links

[Yearbook-1] 
ISSN 0354-4206
. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[ICPDR-2] Velika Morava River Basin, ICPDR, November 2009, p. 2

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