Sitnica
Sitnica Sitnicë Ситница | |
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Location | |
Country | Kosovo |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Sazli pond, north of Ferizaj, Kosovo |
• elevation | 560 m (1,840 ft) |
Ibar River, at Mitrovica, Kosovo | |
• coordinates | 42°54′03″N 20°52′23″E / 42.9008°N 20.8730°E |
• elevation | 499 m (1,637 ft) |
Length | 90 km (56 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 3,129 km2 (1,208 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 9.5 m3/s (340 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ibar→ West Morava→ Great Morava→ Danube→ Black Sea |
The Sitnica (Albanian: Sitnicë; Serbian Cyrillic: Ситница) is a 90 km-long (56 mi) river[1] in Kosovo. It flows into the Ibar at Mitrovica, and it is the longest river that flows completely within Kosovo.
History
In the 14th century, during the reign of king
The Sitnica was supposed to be the major part of the huge Ibar-Lepenac Hydrosystem, which was to regulate Ibar-Sitnica-Lepenac watercourse (including
Course
The Sitnica originates from the Sazli pond in the village of Sazli, north of the town of Ferizaj, and it is initially called the Sazlia river itself.
The Sitnica flows generally to the north, as the main river in the
The river passes west of the Pristina suburbs of Kosovo Polje and Obiliq and the village of Plemetina, between the mountain of Čičavica on the west, and the northernmost slopes of the Kopaonik mountain, on the east. The Sitnica leaves the coal basin as the most polluted river in the area, especially notorious for its highly toxic phenol spills, which pollutes not only the Sitnica, but also the downstream Ibar and West Morava rivers.
The Sitnica continues to the northwest, next to the villages of
Because of the relatively small inclination in its 3,129 km2 (1,208 sq mi) drainage basin (altitudes of 560 m (1,837 ft) on its outflow from the Sazli and 499 m (1,637 ft) on its confluence into the Ibar), the Sitnica meanders a lot. Many meanders have been cut through and dried out, so a curiosity is the long, nine-pillar Vojnovića bridge above the dry river bed, near Vushtrri.
Gallery
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The Sitnica from the Stone Bridge in Vushtrri
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The Sitnica in summer
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The Sitnica in winter
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The Sitnica by the Haxhi well near Pestova
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Marshes on the Sitnica
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The Sitnica at Mitrovica
References
- ^ ISSN 0354-4206. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- 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