Đetinja
| Đetinja | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | with the Golijska Moravica makes the Zapadna Morava, near Požega, Serbia |
| Length | 75 km |
The Đetinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђетиња) is a river in western Serbia, a 75 km long natural but shorter headstream of the Zapadna Morava.
Tara section
The Đetinja originates from the Tara, under the Nikšića Presed peak, western Serbia. From the source to its mouth, the river flows in the eastern direction. First, it runs between the Tara and Zlatibor mountains, next to the touristic resorts of Šargan and Kremna (in the small Kremna depression), reaching the village of Bioska and its spa, Bioštanska Banja. In this whole section, and continuing to Požega, the river valley serves as a route for the Belgrade-Bar railway.
Užice section
The Đetinja carved a gorge, 8 km long and 300 m deep. At the village of Vrutci, the river is dammed, creating an artificial Vrutci lake in 1986. The reservoir was suppose to solve the chronic water problems of the fast growing town of Užice and its industry (in 1961-81, the city population grew by 233%, from 20,060 to 46,733). Near the Užice is also a small hydroelectrical plant on the Đetinja, the oldest one in Serbia, built in 1899 and still being in use, but the large hydroelectrical potential of the river is not being used. The river receives the right tributary of Sušica and enters the small Užice depression, where the town of the same name is located. The Đetinja continues through the highly industrialized Užice's suburb of Sevojno and the villages of Gorjani and Potpeće.
Požega section
The river continues on the northern slopes of the Blagaja mountain and the villages of Uzići, Rupeljevo and Rasna and enters the low Tašti field, located between the Blagaja, Krstac and Crnokosa mountains, west of the town of Požega. In the field, the Đetinja receives from the left its main tributary, the Skrapež but less than a kilometer after the confluence, it meets the Golijska Moravica from the south, creating the Zapadna Morava. Since the proximity of the confluences of Đetinja, Skrapež and Golijska Moravica, some sources consider all three rivers to be direct headstreams of the Zapadna Morava. Following the direction of the course, the Đetinja is a natural headstream of the Zapadna Morava, but since Golijska Moravica is 23 km longer, the latter is usualy considered as the main headstream.
The Đetinja's drainage area covers 1,486 km2, it belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin and it is not navigable.
References
- Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
- Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6