The Aranca or Zlatica (

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: ''Aranca'',

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: Златица / ''Zlatica'', Hungarian: ''Aranka'') is a 117 km long river in the Banat region of Romania and Serbia, left tributary of the river

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Hydronymy

The Serbian and Hungarian names of the river carry the meaning the ''golden river''.

Course

The Aranca originates in the northern part of the Banat, near the village

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, southwest of the city of Arad, Romania.Aranca (jud. Timis)
e-calauza.ro It flows to the west, next to the large villages of Sânpetru Mare,

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, the town of Sânnicolau Mare, Dudeștii Vechi and

Vălcani Vălcani (often spelled Valcani; hu, Valkány; german: Walkan; sr, Валкањ, Valkanj) is a communes of Romania, commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Vălcani. An independent commune from 1877 to 1968, it was ...

, where it leaves Romania after the course of 76 km and enters Serbia as the ''Zlatica'' for the remaining 41 km. In Serbia, the river turns southwest, receives from the right the Kikinda canal which connects it to the

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to the south, flows next to the village of Padej and empties into the Tisa river at the town of

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. Near the village of Banatski Monoštor the Zlatica receives from the right its main tributary, another Romanian-Serbian river, the Begej (not to be confused with larger

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that flows into the

Characteristics

The Aranca belongs to the Danube drainage basin, itself draining 1,470 km² (790 km² in Romania, 680 km² in Serbia). In the lower part it has been channelized, so its navigable for the last 10 km and also very important for the irrigation of the arable land in its valley. Near the village of Jazovo, waters of the Zlatica are used for the

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, and a natural Celeruša bog is also located there.

Settlements located near the river

Romania

Secusigiu Secusigiu ( hu, Székesút) is a commune in Arad County, Romania, is situated in the north-western part of the Vingăi Plateau and it occupies 17202 ha. It is composed of four villages: Munar (''Munár''), Satu Mare (''Temesnagyfalu''), Sânpetru G ...

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* Sânpetru Mare *

* Sânnicolau Mare * Dudeștii Vechi *

Serbia

* Crna Bara * Banatski Monoštor * Jazovo * Padej

References

* ''Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija'', Third edition (1985); Prosveta; * Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; * ''Srpska porodična enciklopedija'', Vol. X (2007); Narodna knjiga and Politika NM; {{Portal bar, Romania Rivers of Romania Rivers of Serbia Geography of Vojvodina Rivers of Timiș County Rivers of Arad County Banat