The Negotin Valley ( ro, Valea Negotinului; sr, Неготинска Крајина, Negotinska Krajina) is a region in northeastern

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. It is isolated and distanced from other parts of

Central Serbia Central Serbia ( sr, централна Србија / centralna Srbija), also referred to as Serbia proper ( sr, link=no, ужа Србија / uža Srbija), is the region of Serbia lying outside the autonomous province of Vojvodina to the nort ...

. The Negotin Valley has unusual climatic features and hydropotential and

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sites. The region is centered around the city of Negotin. However, the borders of the region are not firmly defined. To the east, it is delimited by 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 , pa ...

and

Timok The Timok ( Serbian and Bulgarian: Тимок; ro, Timoc), sometimes also known as Great Timok ( sr, Велики Тимок, Veliki Timok; ro, Timocul Mare), is a river in eastern Serbia, a right tributary of the Danube. For the last 15 k ...

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

s, and to the west, by the

Veliki Greben Veliki Greben (Serbian Cyrillic: Велики Гребен, meaning "great ridge") is a mountains of Serbia, mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Donji Milanovac. Its highest peak ''Crni vrh'' has an elevation of 656 meters above sea ...

and Deli Jovan

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

s. However, there are no certain geographic features to the north or south. The southern border can be interpreted as the Jelašnička River, while the northern one extends to

Reka Reka may refer to: Places * Řeka, a village in the Czech Republic * Reka, Cerkno, a village near Cerkno, Slovenia * Reka, Laško, a village near Laško, Slovenia * Reka (Kladovo), a village near Kladovo, Serbia * Reka, Koprivnica, a village ne ...

. It is agreed that the region is made up of several main centers: Negotin,

Brza Palanka Brza Palanka (Serbian Cyrillic: Брза Паланка ) is a town in eastern Serbia, on the right bank of the Danube. It is situated in the Kladovo municipality, in the Bor District The Bor District ( sr, Борски округ, Borski okru ...

and since

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Salaš Salaš (in Serbo-Croatian, Czech and Slovak, from Hungarian ''szállás'' meaning "house, accommodation"

and Brusnik. It can be considered as a part of the

Timok Valley The Timok Valley ( sr, Тимочка Крајина, Timočka Krajina; bg, Тимошко, Timoshko; ro, Valea Timocului) is a geographical region in east-central Serbia around the Timok River. The Timok Valley corresponds to parts of two Serbi ...

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