- Sokobanjska Moravica
Infobox River | river_name = Sokobanjska Moravica (Сокобањска Моравица)
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origin =Devica mountain, easternSerbia
mouth =Južna Morava atAleksinac ,Serbia
basin_countries =Serbia
length = 58 km
elevation =
discharge =
watershed = 606 km²The Sokobanjska Moravica or simply Moravica (Serbian
Cyrillic : Сокобањска Моравица or Моравица) is a river in central easternSerbia , a 58 km-long right tributary to theJužna Morava river.Devica and Ozren mountains
The Sokobanjska Moravica originates from the eastern slopes of the
Devica mountain, near the village of Skrobnica. The river flows to the north, turns westward at the village of Levovik and enters the Banja region. The rivers flows between the northern slopes of the Devica andOzren mountains (on the south) and southern slopes of theRtanj mountain (on the north), next to the villages ofČitluk (including a coal mine), Vrela and Blendija, reaching the town ofSokobanja , a center of Sokobanja depression and of the whole Banja region.Bovan
After the villages of Poružnica and Trubarevac, the Sokobanjska Moravica turns south, curving between the western tip of the Ozren and southern slopes of the
Bukovik mountain. At the village of Bovan, the river is dammed, as part of the complex project of theVelika Morava river regulation. ArtificialBovan lake flooded the Bovan gorge carved by the river and is very popular local and regional tourist destination, especially among campers and fishermen, but the coastline is not put in order. The river continues to the south, in aninverse flow, and after the villages of Subotinac and Kraljevo, it empties into the Južna Morava at the town ofAleksinac . The lower section used to be a coal mining area too, just like the upper one, but the mines (Aleksinački Rudnik ) are closed now.The Sokobanjska Moravica brlongs to the
Black Sea drainage basin , drains an area of 606 km² itself, 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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