Karašica ( hr, Karašica, hu, Karasica) or Baranjska Karašica or Karassó is a river in southern
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
and eastern
Croatia
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. It is long, of which in Croatia.
Its basin covers a total of .
Karašica rises in the southern slopes of the
Mecsek
Mecsek (; hr, Meček; Serbian: ''Meček'' or Мечек; german: Metscheck) is a mountain range in southern Hungary. It is situated in the Baranya region, in the north of the city of Pécs.
Etymology
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mountain in southern Hungary, near the village of
Erdősmecske
Erdősmecske (until 1948: ''Rácmecske''; german: Ratzmetschke, Metschge; sr, Српска Мечка / ''Srpska Mečka'', Рацмечка / ''Racmečka''; hr, Mečka) is a village in Baranya county, Hungary. The residents' majority is Magyar, ...
. It flows towards the south into a plain, through
Szederkény, and its flow is regulated by man. It continues on through
Villány, turns southeast and enters Croatia near the village of
Luč and meanders in
Baranja in an eastward direction. It passes near
Popovac and
Draž and flows into the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , p ...
north of
Batina.
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Rivers of Croatia
Rivers of Hungary
International rivers of Europe
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