South Morava
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Southern Morava Južna Morava / Јужна Морава |
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 The southern Morava near Niš |
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| location | Serbia | |
| River system | Danube | |
| Drain over | Morava → Danube → Black Sea | |
| confluence | from Binačka Morava and Moravica 42 ° 26 ′ 45 ″ N , 21 ° 46 ′ 15 ″ E |
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| Union | with the Western Morava to Morava Coordinates: 43 ° 41 ′ 57 " N , 21 ° 24 ′ 18" E 43 ° 41 ′ 57 " N , 21 ° 24 ′ 18" E
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| length | 246 km (with the source river Binačka Morava 295 km) | |
| Catchment area | 15,469 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
100 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Jablanica , Veternica , Pusta reka , Toplica | |
| Right tributaries | Vrla , Vlasina , Nišava , Sokobanjska Moravica | |
| Medium-sized cities | Vranje , Bujanovac | |
The Southern Morava ( Serbian Јужна Морава Južna Morava ) is the right source river of the Great Morava in eastern Serbia .
etymology
The name Southern Morava, as opposed to the Western Morava , the left source river of the Great Morava, was not used until the 20th century. The name Bulgarian Morawa ( Bulgarian Българска Морава ) is often found in the geographical literature of the 19th century , as the region was assigned to the settlement area of the Bulgarians at that time . The Western Morava, on the other hand, was called the Serbian Morava .
course
The longest source river of the Southern Morava, the Binačka Morava , has its source in the far north of North Macedonia , about 20 km north of Skopje . At Bujanovac it joins one of the rivers called Moravica and is now called Southern Morava . Their path leads them over 20 km through a wide and fertile plain. Behind Vranje, it narrows to a deep gorge between the Kukavica and Krajiste mountains , which opens again after about 30 km at Leskovac . The main traffic flows (trunk roads, railways) from Serbia to North Macedonia and Greece also run through this valley .
Behind Leskovac begins the Niš plain , which is a very fertile and densely populated part of Serbia. Here the Southern Morava flows into the Toplica from the left and the Nišava from the right . Then the Sokobanjska Moravica flows from the right . Shortly before the confluence with the Western Morava at Stalać , the river winds again for 18 km through a narrow valley, which then opens to the Morava plain.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Secret agreement between Bulgaria and Germany September 6, 1915 and Wolfdieter Bihl (ed.): German sources for the history of the First World War . Darmstadt 1991, ISBN 3-534-08570-1 , pp. 145f. (Doc. No. 68) (wording)