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. With a length of 98 km, it is the longer headstream of the

West Morava West Morava ( sr, Западна Морава, Zapadna Morava, ) is a river in Central Serbia, a 184 km-long headstream of the Great Morava, which it forms with the South Morava. It was known as Brongus in antiquity. Origin The West Morav ...

(the name it takes at its confluence with the

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), and thus, of the

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. Its name, Moravica, means "little Morava" in Serbian, and it also gives its name to the surrounding region and the modern

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of Serbia.

Stari Vlah

The Golijska Moravica originates from the western slopes of the Golija mountain and flows straight to the north, between the Golija and Javor mountains, through the

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region. Even though the area in the lower course is sparsely populated, there are many hamlets on the river, characteristically organized in clusters. More important are the villages of Sakovići, Gazdovići, Kumanica, Međurečje (where it receives the ''Nošnica'' from the left) and Čitluk.

Ivanjica depression

The Golijska Morava enters the Ivanjica depression, located between the mountains of

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on the east, and

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on the west. This is where it receives the ''Lučka reka'' from the right and ''Grabovička reka'' from the left and flows through the town of

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, its suburbs of Bedina Varoš and Šume, the

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and the village of Dubrava. At the end of the depression, the Golijska Moravica passes next to the

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of ''Sveti Arhanđeli'', as it continues to the north.

Arilje depression & Tašti field

From Ivanjica depression, the Golijska Moravica flows into the Arilje depression, located between the mountains of

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(on the east) and Blagaja (on the west), where it receives the ''Trešnjevica'' from the right (at the village of Divljaka), and its major tributary, the Rzav from the right, near the town of

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, which itself used to be called ''Moravica'' in medieval period. In the final section, the Golijska Morava reaches the Tašti field, located between the mountains of Blagaja, Krstac and

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, east of the town of Požega. Near the village of Pilatovići, the Golijska Morava meets the Đetinja and together they form the

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, longer

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of the Velika Morava. The Golijska Moravica drains an area of 1,513 km², belongs to the

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and it is not navigable. The river's potential for power production is not used.

References

* ''Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija'', Third edition (1985); Prosveta; * Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo;

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