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

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu ...

. 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 nor ...

. The Negotin Valley has unusual climatic features and hydropotential and geomorphologic sites. The region is centered around the city of

Negotin Negotin ( sr-cyrl, Неготин, ; ro, Negotin) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. It is the judicial center of the Bor District ...

. 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

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s, and to the west, by the

Veliki Greben Veliki Greben ( Serbian Cyrillic: Велики Гребен, meaning "great ridge") is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Donji Milanovac Donji Milanovac ( sr-cyrl, Доњи Милановац, ) is a town in eastern Serbia. It i ...

and

Deli Jovan Deli Jovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Дели Јован, ) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Negotin Negotin ( sr-cyrl, Неготин, ; ro, Negotin) is a town and municipality located in the Bor District of the eastern Serbia. It is ...

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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. 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 okr ...

and since

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, Salaš and Brusnik. It can be considered as a part of the Timok Valley.

References

Timok Valley Geographical regions of Serbia Wine regions of Serbia {{Serbia-geo-stub

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