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Jarčina
The Jarčina ( sr, Јарчина) is a system of rivers and canals in the Srem region of Vojvodina province of Serbia with a total length of 53 km, which empties into the Sava river. The system includes the ''Međeš river-Jarčina Galovica canal-Progarska Jarčina'' course. Međeš The upper section of the system is the natural flow of the 27 km-long Međeš river. It originates from the ''Iriški Venac'' peak on the eastern slopes of the Fruška Gora mountain, at an altitude of 480 m. The Međeš flows to the south, next to the Grgeteg monastery and the villages of Šatrinci, Dobrodol and Žarkovac and receives many smaller streams flowing down from the Fruška Gora. At the village of Putinci, the river makes a small elbow turn and at the village of Donji Petrovci, receives the Šelovrnac river from the right and enters the channeled section of its flow, at an altitude of 90 m. Jarčina-Galovica Initially, the canal splits in two direction, the ''Jarkovačka J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Vojvodina
Vojvodina is an autonomous region within Serbia located in the Pannonian plain, a region of central Europe. It shares borders with Romania in the east, Hungary in the north, Croatia in the west, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the southwest. The southern border is administrative line to Šumadija and Western Serbia, Belgrade, and Southern and Eastern Serbia. Geographical regions of Vojvodina *Bačka **Šajkaška ** Telečka ** Gornji Breg ** Paorija *Banat ** Veliki Rit ** Gornje Livade ** Dištrikt ** Gornjani ** Poljadija ** Krašovani ** Ere *Srem ** Podlužje **Fruška Gora *Mačva *Podunavlje *Posavina *Potisje *Pomorišje Mountains and hills *Fruška Gora * Titelski Breg * Vršački Breg * Zagajička Brda Sands *Deliblatska Peščara * Subotičko-Horgoška Peščara Rivers *Danube *Tisa *Sava * Begej * Tamiš *Karaš * Zlatica *Nera * Bosut * Krivaja *Čik *Mostonga *Plazović Canals *Canal Danube-Tisa-Danube, and some larger canals part of DTD system: ** Begej canal * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Serbia
This is a list of the rivers of Serbia, either those flowing entirely or partially within Serbia proper, or just being a border rivers. Drainage basins All rivers in Serbia belong to the drainage basins of three seas: Black Sea, Adriatic Sea or Aegean Sea. The largest in area, Black Sea drainage basin, covers an area of 81,261 km2 or 92% of the territory of Serbia. The entire basin is drained by only one river, the Danube, which flows into the Black Sea. All major rivers in Serbia, like Tisa, Sava, Velika Morava and Drina belong to it. The Adriatic Sea drainage basin covers an area of 4,500 km2 or 5% of territory of Serbia. It comprises the western half of the Kosovo and Metohija and it is mostly drained by one river, the White Drin, which in Albania meets the Black Drin to create the Drin river, which flows into the Adriatic Sea. Smaller portion of it is drained by Crni Kamen-Radika river in the extreme southern region of Gora, which also drains into Black Drin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progar
Progar ( sr-cyr, Прогар) is a List of Belgrade neighborhoods, suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Surčin. Location Progar is located in Syrmia's sub-region of Podlužje, in southwestern corner of the municipality (Forest of Bojcin) and stretches from the left bank of the Sava at the mouth of the Jarčina canal, to the southern shores of the Živača pond. It is situated southwest of Surčin, its municipal seat, and from Belgrade, roughly at Sava's . Local roads connect Progar with the villages of Kupinovo, on the west, and Boljevci, on the east. Progar also marks the order of the administrative territory of the City of Belgrade in this section. First settlements to the west are Kupinovo and Ašanja, in the Pećinci municoality, in Vojvodina province. On the south, across the Sava, it borders another Belgrade's municipality, Obrenovac. Geography The village is located in the fertile, floodplain of the Savа. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surčin
Surčin ( sr-Cyrl, Сурчин, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 43,819 inhabitants. It is the newest municipality of Belgrade, having split from the municipality of Zemun in 2003. Its most important feature is the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, located just a few kilometers west of the town. This municipality is a suburb of Belgrade. History The area of the town has been settled since prehistoric times, and archaeological findings from ancient eras are common. So far, it is established that previous settlements existed in the Stone Age, Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Roman era. From 1991 to 2002, the population of the municipality grew from 35,591 to 38,695. Most of that growth came from the refugees from the Yugoslav Wars (mostly Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). Since many of the refugees were integrated into the Serbian citizenship after 2002, it is to be expected that the official population has grown significantly. Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ašanja
Ašanja () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Pećinci municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina Province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority, with a population of 1,365 people (2011 census). See also *List of places in Serbia *List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia. List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina List of urban settlements in Vojvodina List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with populati ... References Populated places in Syrmia Populated places in Srem District Pećinci {{SremRS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Pond
A fish pond or fishpond is a controlled pond, small artificial lake or retention basin that is stocked with fish and is used in aquaculture for fish farming, for recreational fishing, or for ornamental purposes. Fish ponds are a classical garden feature in East Asian residence, such as the Classical Gardens of Suzhou of China, the Imperial Palace of Japan and the Gyeongbokgung Palace of South Korea. In Medieval Europe, it was also typical for monasteries and castles (small, partly self-sufficient communities) to have a fish pond. History Records of the use of fish ponds can be found from the early Middle Ages. "The idealized eighth-century estate of Charlemagne's capitulary ''de villis'' was to have artificial fishponds but two hundred years later, facilities for raising fish remained very rare, even on monastic estates.". As the Middle Ages progressed, fish ponds became a more common feature of urbanizing environments. Those with access to fish ponds had a controlled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boljevci
Boljevci ( sr-cyr, Бољевци, ()) is a List of Belgrade neighborhoods, suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Surčin. Location Boljevci is located on the left bank of the Sava river, in the south-central part of the municipality, in the Syrmia region (the sub-region of Podlužje, east of the ''Bojčinska'' woods). It is 12 kilometers south of its municipal seat, Surčin, and some 30 kilometers of downtown Belgrade. It is located on the road which connects Surčin to Progar (through Jakovo) and continues further into the province of Vojvodina (the village of Kupinovo). Demographics Boljevci is statistically classified as a rural settlement (village). It had a steady population growth until the 1960s when the population began to fluctuate. According to the latest official population census, population on Boljevci was 4,094 in 2011. Ethnic structure (census of 2002): Serbs 2,653 (65,41%), Slovaks 1,132 (27,91%), Yugoslavs 40 (0,98 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podlužje
Podlužje ( sr-cyr, Подлужје) is a small geographical region in Serbia. It is located in south-eastern Syrmia. The western part of Podlužje belong to the autonomous province of Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ..., and the eastern part belongs to the city of Belgrade. The Serbian Orthodox Fenek monastery and natural reserve Obedska Pond are situated in this region, as well as the medieval town of Kupinik (today a village named Kupinovo), the former seat of the Serbian despots in Syrmia. See also * Syrmia {{DEFAULTSORT:Podluzje Geographical regions of Serbia Geography of Vojvodina Syrmia Geography of Belgrade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade. It is the third largest of all List of cities and towns on Danube river, cities on the Danube river. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obedska Bara
Obedska bara (Obedska pond or Obedska bog, Serbian Cyrillic: Обедска бара, pronounced ) is a large swamp-forest area and natural reserve stretching along the Sava River in Serbia, in Southern Syrmia (Srem/Szerémség), some 40 km west of Belgrade. The pond is an oxbow lake, a remnant of the meanders of the old Sava River, whose main stream presently flows more southward. Due to its shape the swampy bed of the pond, situated between the villages of Obrež and Kupinovo, is called “The Horse-shoe” (''potkovica''). Higher grounds with cut-in depressions and old oak forests are called “The Hoof” (''kopito''). The pond is an authentic complex of stagnant tributaries, marshes, pits, marsh vegetation, damp meadows and forests. It is home to over 30 different water, swamp, forest and meadow biocoenoses. The fauna includes 220 species of birds, 50 species of mammals, 13 of amphibians, 11 of reptiles and 16 of fish, while the flora includes 500 species of plants, 180 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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