The Crni Timok (

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: Црни Тимок, "Black Timok"), also known as ''Crna River'' ( / ''Crna reka'', "Black River") or ''Krivovirski Timok'' (, "Timok of Krivi Vir"), is a headwater of the

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River. It originates from the northern side of the Veliki Maljenik mountain, in the

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area of eastern

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. It flows near the village of

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and continues generally to the north-east, flowing through the ''Crnorečka kotlina'' (Црноречка котлина, "depression of Crna Reka"), populated with many smaller villages ( Lukovo, Jablanica,

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, Gamzigrad,

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). At Gamzigrad there is also an important archeological site from

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times. After a flow of 84 km, the Crni Timok reaches

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, where it joins the Beli Timok River, forming the Veliki Timok River. It drains an area of .Velika Morava River Basin
ICPDR, November 2009, p. 3 Early in its course it receives from the right the Radovanska,

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, Velika, Salešča, Šarbanovačka, Jasenova, Bajnska and

rivers and from the left the Velika Suvaja, Mirovska, Arnauta, Osnička. Since most of the right tributaries come from the highly polluted area of the Bor copper mining basin, they pollute the Crni Timok.

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Rivers of Serbia Timok Valley Zaječar District Bor District {{Serbia-river-stub