Rzav (Drina)
| Rzav Рзав (Serbian) | |
|---|---|
 Rzav near village Vardište | |
| Location | |
| Country | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Čigota (Zlatibor, as the Black Rzav) mountain, west Serbia |
| Mouth | |
• location | Drina river, at Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
• coordinates | 43°47′16″N 19°17′40″E / 43.7879°N 19.2945°E |
| Length | 72 km (45 mi) |
| Basin size | 605 km2 (234 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Drina→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Rzav (Bosnian: Rzav, Serbian Cyrillic: Рзав) is a 72 km (45 mi) river in western Serbia and eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The right tributary to the Drina river, it originates from two headstreams, the Crni Rzav and the Beli Rzav. The river is sometimes referred to as the Zlatiborski Rzav (Serbian Cyrillic: Златиборски Рзав; "Rzav of Zlatibor").
Beli Rzav
The Beli Rzav (
Crni Rzav
The Crni Rzav (Bosnian: Crni Rzav, Serbian Cyrillic: Црни Рзав; "Black Rzav"), is the Rzav's longer headstream. It originates from the Čigota mountain, eastern section of the Zlatibor mountain. The river originally flows northward, next to the villages of Vodice and Jokina Ćuprija, reaches the central section of the Zlatibor where it is dammed and creates the artificial Ribnica Lake (surface area of 10 km2), after the nearby village of Ribnica. The reservoir was formed in 1971.[1] After the lake, the river sharply turns west and soon gets followed by the parallel stream of the Jablanica river. After crossing the village of Mokra Gora (hamlet Panjak) on the Serbian-Bosnian border Crni Rzav meets the Jablanica river at the village Gornje Vardište and finally the river Beli Rzav at the village of Donje Vardište.
As one of the consequences of the ecological protests in various parts of Serbia since 2019, especially against the
Rzav
The Rzav continues as the natural extension of the Beli Rzav, but since the Black Rzav is longer, the latter is considered to be the main headstream. It flows between the southernmost part of the Zvijezda mountain (Ponos peak) from the north and the Suha Gora mountain from the south, next to the villages of Prosjek (and ruins of the medieval city of the same name), Dobrun and Žagree, before it empties into the Drina at the town of Višegrad.
The Rzav drains an area of 605 km2, belongs to the
References
- ^ Branka Radovanović (25 September 2022). Гости верни Рибници [Guests loyal to Ribnica]. Politika-Magazin, No. 1304 (in Serbian). p. 21.
- ^ Beta (23 April 2021). "WWF: Neoborivi dokazi – MHE uzrokuju nestanak živog sveta u rekama" [WWF: undisputed evidence - small hydros caused disappearance of wildlife in rivers] (in Serbian). N1.
- ^ "Small Hydropower Plants Cause the Disappearance of Wildlife in Rivers" (in Serbian). Associação Natureza Portugal. 23 April 2021.
Sources
- 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
