Trešnjica
| Trešnjica | |
|---|---|
 Trešnjica gorge | |
| Etymology | Little cherry |
| Native name | Трешњица (Serbian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Region | Podrinje |
| District | Mačva District |
| Municipality | Ljubovija |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Povlen |
| • elevation | 1,185 m (3,888 ft) |
| Mouth | Drina |
• location | Gornja Trešnjica |
• coordinates | 44°07′01″N 19°29′27″E / 44.1170°N 19.4909°E |
• elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Length | 23 km (14 mi)a |
| Discharge | |
| • location | the river mouth |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Tribuća, Sušica |
| Progression | Drina→ Sava→ Danube→ Black Sea |
Trešnjica is a river in western Serbia. The source of the river is situated on the Povlen mountain. After 23 km the Trešnjica joins the Drina near Ljubovija.[1]
Course
The Trešnjica originates on the southwestern slope of the Povlen, at an altitude of 1,185 m (3,888 ft). The river’s major tributaries are Tribuća (7 km (4.3 mi) long) and Sušica, both from the left. It empties into the Drina near the village of Gornja Trešnjica, at an altitude of 180 m (590 ft).[2]
Trešnjica Gorge
Several kilometers before the convergence with the Drina, the river has created a deep
Protection
Special nature reserve Gorge of the Trešnjica river
The area is a designated nature reserve of which the largest part is covered with
After an incident in August 2020 when several chicks drowned after a helicopter flew low over the Uvac reserve and scared the birds which jumped into the water, the conditional no-fly zone over the vulture's protected areas of Trešnjica, Uvac and Mileševka.[3][4][5][6]
Wildlife
Many
Specificity of the gorge is the spring migration of the huchen fish. They migrate from the Drina, upstream into the Trešnjica to spawn. A fish pond is built on the Trešnjica for the breeding of the rainbow trout. The fish pond is the only one in Serbia which uses the technique of pumping the liquid oxygen into the water which tripled the production.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-86-6005-295-9.
- ^ a b c d "Kanjon Trešnjice" (in Serbian).
- ^ Sanja Sovrlić (6 August 2020). "Želja za pogledom na Uvac iz helikoptera ugrožava živote malih beloglavih supova" [Desire for aerial view on Uvac from helicopters endangers lives of young griffin vultures] (in Serbian). N1.
- ^ Gordana Petković (7 August 2020). "Mitrović nadletao helikopterom Uvac i ubio supove" [Mitrović flew over Uvac in helicopter and killed vultures] (in Serbian). Nova S.
- ^ "Direktno: Ko je dao, ili nije, dozvolu Željku Mitroviću da helikopterom leti u zaštićenom području Uvca?" [Direktno: who has, or hasn't, given the permission to Željko Mitrović to fly in helicopter in the protected area of Uvac?] (in Serbian). Nova Srpska Politička Misao. 8 August 2020.
- ^ Slavica Stuparušić (12 January 2021). "Pod zaštitom 400 hektara" [400 hectares under protection]. Politika (in Serbian). p. 33.
- ^ B.N. (26 June 2009). "Orlovi nestaju" (in Serbian). Politika.