Lim (river)
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Lim Лим |
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 Hydrographic map of the southeastern Dinarides |
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 Montenegro , Serbia , Bosnia and Herzegovina 
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| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Drina → Save → Danube → Black Sea | |
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Plavsko jezero 42 ° 36 ′ 19 ″ N , 19 ° 55 ′ 38 ″ E |
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| Source height | 906 m. i. J. | |
| muzzle | southwest of Višegrad in the Drina Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′ 2 ″ N , 19 ° 12 ′ 20 ″ E 43 ° 44 ′ 2 ″ N , 19 ° 12 ′ 20 ″ E
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| length | 220 km | |
| Catchment area | 5963 km² | |
| Right tributaries | Uvac | |
| Medium-sized cities | Bijelo Polje , Prijepolje , Priboj | |
| Small towns | Gusinje , Andrijevica , Berane | |
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 Lim in Prijepolje |
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The Lim ( Cyrillic Лим) is a river in Montenegro , Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina . With a length of 220 kilometers, the Lim is the largest tributary of the Drina and the largest river in the Sandžak area . It rises from the lake of the same name ( Plavsko jezero ) near Plav in southeastern Montenegro .
etymology
The name of the river goes back to the Albanian word lumë for "river" (in the Gegic dialect lymë ). Today's hydronym with the vowel i originated from an Old Serbian form Lыmь documented in the 13th century , with the ы instead of the original u indicating that the loan took place before the 10th century. If the Gegic form lymë is assumed as the origin, a later loan date is also conceivable, but no later than the 12th century. The Slavic form of the name was then borrowed back into Albanian as Lim .
Run
The longest tributary of the Plavsko jezero has its sources on the south side of the Maglić massif in southern Montenegro. At about 1300 m above sea level, the Borovački potok with its source rivers Prouški Potok and Velji potok flows into the longer Vučin potok. This leaves the Montenegrin national territory after about 7.5 kilometers and traverses the extreme northern tip of Albania in an easterly direction for a length of 9.5 kilometers. In Albania the river is called Lumi i Vermoshit. The Vermosh area is the only region in Albania that is drained into the Black Sea . Back in Montenegro, the river is henceforth referred to as Grnčar . In Gusinje the Grnčar joins the Vruja river to form the Ljuča. This is the only significant tributary of the Plavsko jezero. Its largest drain is now called Lim for the first time.
On its course through the gorges in eastern Montenegro, the Lim crosses the cities of Andrijevica , Berane and Bijelo Polje . On the Serbian side, the cities of Prijepolje and Priboj lie on its banks. Between Bijelo Polje and Prijepolje, the Lim valley also forms the corridor for the main flow of traffic between Montenegro and Serbia, i.e. European route 763 and the Belgrade – Bar railway line . Behind Priboj, the river runs through the Bosnian-Serbian border area near Sjeverin and Rudo and crosses a narrow canyon behind Rudo, before flowing into the Drina dammed here above Višegrad .
The Lim catchment area covers 5963 km², the river is not navigable. The longest and most water-rich tributary is the Uvac , which flows in from the right behind Priboj.
Bus accident
In a bus accident on April 4, 2004, on the way back from Dubrovnik to Bulgaria, twelve pupils from a Bulgarian tour group were killed when their bus went off the road near the Serbian town of Gostun and fell into the Lim.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aleksandar Loma : Sloveni i albanci do XII veka u svetlu toponomastike . In: Stanovništvo slovenskog porijekla u Albaniji . Titograd 1990, p. 301 f . (Serbian).
- ↑ Radio Bulgaria: Ministers from Bulgaria, Montenegro and Serbia commemorate the Lim victims (April 6, 2014), accessed on April 18, 2019.