- Gruža River
Infobox River
river_name = Gruža (Гружа)
caption =
origin =Rudnik mountain, centralSerbia
mouth = village of Čukojevac,Zapadna Morava , centralSerbia
basin_countries =Serbia
length = 77 km
elevation =
discharge =
watershed = 622 km²The Gruža (SerbianCyrillic : Гружа) is a river in centralSerbia . The river is a 77 km long left tributary to theZapadna Morava The Gruža originates in the central part of the
Rudnik mountain, right under the mountain's main settlement, the village ofRudnik , northeast of the town ofGornji Milanovac , centralSerbia . The river flows south next to the village of Majdan, around the Rudnik mountain into theTakovo region and at the village ofNevade , just few kilometers away from Gornji Milanovac, makes a sharp turn to the east.After the villages of
Vraćevšnica and Ljuljaci, the Gruža turns south into the Gruža region, a direction it will generally follow for the rest of its course. After the villages of Oplanić and Dragušnica, the river enters the depression of Gruža, a main part of its valley, situated between the mountains ofKotlenik (on the west) andGledićke planine (on the east). Near the Gruža village, the river is dammed, creating artificial Gruža lake, with a bridge over the middle of the reservoir.The Gruža receives the left tributary of Kotlenjača and continues to the south next to the villages of Balosave, Guberevac, Itkovac, Milavčić and
Vitanovac , before it enters the WestPomoravlje region and empties into the Zapadna Morava near the village of Čukojevac.The Gruža drains and area of 622 km², belongs to the
Black Sea drainage basin and it is not navigable.References
* "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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