Ibar
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Ibar Ибар, Ibër |
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 The gorge of the young Ibar near Rožaje |
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 Montenegro Serbia Kosovo 
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| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Western Morava → Morava → Danube → Black Sea | |
| source | west of Rožaje in the Hajla Mountains 42 ° 47 ′ 44 ″ N , 20 ° 5 ′ 8 ″ E |
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| muzzle | east of Kraljevo in the Western Morava Coordinates: 43 ° 43 ′ 39 " N , 20 ° 44 ′ 58" E, 43 ° 43 ′ 39 " N , 20 ° 44 ′ 58" E
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| length | 276 km | |
| Catchment area | 8059 km² | |
| Drain |
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60 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Raška , Studenica | |
| Right tributaries | Sitnica , Jošanica , Ribnica | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Gaziva Lake | |
| Big cities | Mitrovica | |
| Medium-sized cities | Kraljevo | |
| Small towns | Rožaje , Leposavić , Raška | |
The Ibar ( Serbian - Cyrillic Ибар ; Albanian Ibër / Ibri ) is a river in Montenegro , Kosovo and southern Serbia with a total length of 276 km. The source is located in the Hajla Mountains near Rožaje in eastern Montenegro. From there the river runs through a deep gorge in an easterly direction into Kosovo. The Ibar was dammed at Gazivoda; this is how the Gazivoda lake was created . In Mitrovica , the Ibar takes on the Sitnica coming from the south . Here the river forms the de facto border between the majority of Serbs inhabited northern Kosovo and the control of the government in Pristina stationary part of the country. The bridge over the Ibar is a strategic focal point in the region and has been the scene of violent riots several times. The Ibar then flows in a northerly direction until it flows into the Western Morava (Serbian Zapadna Morava ) at Kraljevo .
