Nišava (river)
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Nišava Нишава |
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 Nišava near Kalotina |
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| location | Bulgaria , southern Serbia | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | South Morava → Morava → Danube → Black Sea | |
| source | below the Kom summit | |
| muzzle | Northwest Niš in the South Morava Coordinates: 43 ° 22 ′ 14 ″ N , 21 ° 46 ′ 8 ″ E 43 ° 22 ′ 14 ″ N , 21 ° 46 ′ 8 ″ E
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| length | 218 km | |
| Catchment area | 3950 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge near the mouth |
MQ |
36 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Jerma | |
| Right tributaries | Temštica | |
| Big cities | Niš | |
| Medium-sized cities | Pirot | |
| Small towns | Dimitrovgrad | |
 Sićevo gorge in eastern Serbia |
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The Nišava ( Cyrillic Нишава ) is a river in Bulgaria and southern Serbia .
The source is located below the summit of the Kom mountain ( 2016 m ) in the Stara Planina in Bulgaria. After 50 km the Nišava crosses the border to Serbia at Gradina , flows through Dimitrovgrad , Pirot , Niš and flows northwest of Niš into the Southern Morava . The total length of the river is 218 km and the catchment area 3,950 km².
The Nišava flows through several gorges, of which the Sićevo ( Sićevačka klisura ) is the most famous.
The river has given its name to Nishava Cove , a bay on Rugged Island in Antarctica , since 2006 .
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Commons : Nišava - collection of images, videos and audio files
