The Aranca or Zlatica (

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

: ''Aranca'', Serbian: Златица / ''Zlatica'', Hungarian: ''Aranka'') is a 117 km long river in the

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

region of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

and

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, left tributary of the river

Tisa The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. The Tisza be ...

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 Sânpetru German, 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 Sânpetru Mare ("Greater St. Peter"; hu, Nagyszentpéter or ''Rácszentpéter''; german: Großsanktpeter or ''Ratzsanktpeter''; sr, Велики Семпетар, Veliki Sempetar) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two vill ...

Saravale Saravale (colloquially Sarafola; hu, Sárafalva; german: Sarafol; sr, Саравола, Saravola) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Saravale. It was part of Sânpetru Mare commune until 2004, when it was ...

, the town of

Sânnicolau Mare Sânnicolau Mare (; hu, Nagyszentmiklós; german: Großsanktnikolaus; sr, Велики Семиклуш, Veliki Semikluš; Banat Bulgarian: ''Smikluš'') is a town in Timiș County, Romania, and the westernmost of the country. Located in the Ba ...

Dudeștii Vechi Dudeștii Vechi (until 1964 Beșenova Veche; hu, Óbesenyő; german: Altbeschenowa; Banat Bulgarian: ''Stár Bišnov''; sr, Старо Бешеново, Staro Bešenovo) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: ...

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 Kikinda ( sr-Cyrl, Кикинда, ; hu, Nagykikinda) is a city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia . The city urban area has 38,069 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 59,453 inhabitants. The c ...

canal which connects it to the

Canal Danube-Tisa-Danube Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow u ...

to the south, flows next to the village of

Padej Padej ( sr-cyr, Падеј; hu, Padé) is a village located in Čoka municipality, North Banat District, Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occ ...

and empties into the Tisa river at the town of

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. Near the village of

Banatski Monoštor Banatski Monoštor (Serbian Cyrillic: Банатски Моноштор; Hungarian: Kanizsamonostor) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Čoka municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ...

the Zlatica receives from the right its main tributary, another Romanian-Serbian river, the Begej (not to be confused with larger Begej that flows into the

Characteristics

The Aranca belongs to the

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, 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 Jazovo ( sr-cyr, Јазово, hu, Hódegyháza) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Čoka municipality, North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority (85.07%) and its population numbering 97 ...

, waters of the Zlatica are used for the

Ostojićevo fish pond Ostojićevo (, hu, Tiszaszentmiklós) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Čoka municipality, North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (56.15%) with a present Hungarian minority (26.51%) and it ...

, and a natural Celeruša bog is also located there.

Settlements located near the river

Romania

* Secusigiu *

Periam Periam (until 1925 Periamoș; german: Perjamosch; hu, Perjámos; sr, Перјамош, Perjamoš) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Periam, and also included Pesac until it broke off as a separate commun ...

Serbia

* Crna Bara *

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