Rzav (Zlatibor)

The Rzav , in Serb Cyrillic Рзав, is a river which runs in the west of the Serbia and the east of the Serb République of Bosnia, in Bosnia-Herzégovine. Its length is of 72 km. It is a right affluent of the Drina. The river is sometimes called Veliki Rzav (into Serb Cyrillic: ВеликиРзав, the " Large Rzav" or the Zlatiborski Rzav (into Serb Cyrillic: ЗлатиборскиРзав, the " Rzav de Zlatibor").

Rzav belongs to the basin of drainage of the Black Sea. Its own basin covers a surface of 605 km ². It is not navigable.

Beli Rzav

The Beli Rzav , in Serb Cyrillic БелиРзав, the " Rzav Blanc" is the shortest arm forming Rzav. It takes its source on the Eastern slopes of the mount Zvijezda, close to the border with Bosnia-Herzégovine. It passes initially to the monastery and at the village of Rastište then directs its race towards the south in direction of the mounts Tara and receives water of many brooks. With the monastery and the village of Zaovine, Beli Rzav receives a stopping which created the artificial lake of Zaovine. After Kršanje and Kotroman, the river obliques towards the west and enters to Bosnia-Herzégovine. It joined there Crni Rzav at the village of Donje Vardište.

Crni Rzav

Crni Rzav, in Serb Cyrillic ЦрниРзав, the " Rzav Noir" Blac Rzav), is the longest arm forming Rzav. It takes its source with the mount Čigota, in the east of the mounts Zlatibor. The river runs initially in direction of north and passes to Vodice and Jokina Ćuprija. It reaches then the central part of the Zlatibor mounts and receives a stopping which created the artificial lake of Ribnica (surface: 10 km ²). The river then forms an elbow in direction of the west and follows soon a parallel race with that of the Jablanica. The two rivers enter to Bosnia-Herzégovine and the Jablanica is thrown in Crni Rzav at the village of Gornje Vardište.

Rzav

Rzav prolongs Beli Rzav. It runs between the southernmost slope of the mount Zvijezda (peak of Ponos ) in north and the mount Suha Gora in the south; it passes to Prosjek (and through the ruins of the medieval city of the same name), with Dobrun and Žagre, before being thrown in the Drina with Višegrad.

References

Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija , 3rd ED. (1985); Prosveta;
Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije ; Svjetlost-Sarajevo;

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List of the rivers of Serbia

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