The Mostonga (
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: Мостонга) is a river in northern
Serbia, in
Bačka region of the province of
Vojvodina, a 70-km long left tributary to the
Danube. Once 92 km long, due to the extensive corrections and channeling of the river to make it part of the other canals, the Mostonga is shortened, turned into a series of channels and popularly referred to as a ''river there is no more''.
Upper Course
Great Bačka Canal
The Mostonga originates from the marshy bogs north of the town of
Sombor in northwestern
Vojvodina, near the Nenadići hamlet. It flows south (parallel to the Danube, the general direction of its whole course) and passes through the western outskirts of Sombor after which it is channeled for the first time, as a part of the
Great Bačka Canal
Great Bačka Canal ( Serbian: /; hu, Ferenc-csatorna) is a canal in Serbia which runs from Bezdan (on the Danube) to Bečej (on the Tisa). The canal is long and part of the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal system. The excavation works of Great Bač ...
.
Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal
The river continues south at the hamlet of
Čičovi, but soon after, at the village of
Prigrevica
Prigrevica () is a village located in the Apatin municipality, in the West Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village is located 9 km east from Apatin. Population of Prigrevica counts abou ...
, the river bed is channeled again and for the next 25 km, passing next to the villages of
Doroslovo
Doroslovo ( sr, Дорослово or Doroslovo, hu, Doroszló, hr, Doroslovo) is a village in Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Sombor, West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The population of the village numbering 1,830 people ( ...
and
Srpski Miletić
Srpski Miletić () is a village located in the Odžaci municipality, West Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the village has 3,038 people inhabitants.
Name
In Serbian the village is known as ''Srpski Miletić'' (Српски Мил ...
, the Mostonga is part of the main canal in Vojvodina and Serbia, 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 ...
(DTD).
Middle Course
Odžaci
Northwest of the town of
Odžaci the Mostonga separates from the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal, but remains channeled itself. In this section the river makes a large bend (which begins already at Srpski Miletić and ends at
Karavukovo), on a half of which it separates from the DTD.
Bački Petrovac-Karavukovo Canal
At this section, the Mostonga is directly connected by another canal to the Danube, beginning at the village of Karavukovo.
Also, after Karavukovo it becomes part of the
Bački Petrovac-Karavukovo canal, and as such passes next to the village of
Deronje
Deronje () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Odžaci municipality, in the West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 2,847 people (2002 census).
Historical population
*1869: ...
and small town of
Bač, where the Mostonga separates from other canals once more.
Final section
The Mostonga still continues to the south, splitting in two arms and creating a small delta on its confluence with the Danube. The river enters the marshy terrain after the village of
Mladenovo
Mladenovo () is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,358 peopl ...
, west of the town of
Bačka Palanka
Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; hu, Palánka) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2011 the tow ...
, before it empties into the Danube in one of its large meanders surrounding the
Šarengradska ada island.
The Mostonga belongs to the
Black Sea drainage basin.
References
* Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo;
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Rivers of Serbia
Geography of Vojvodina
Bačka
Tributaries of the Danube