Peštan ( sr, Пештан) is a river of
Serbia and right tributary of the
Kolubara river near
Vreoci.
Its length is . It belongs to the
Black Sea basin.
Geography
The river originates on the northern slopes of the
Bukulja mountain. It was named after its very sandy riverbed (Serbian ''pesak'', "sand"). Peštan used to be long, and originally flew into the Kolubara at the village of
Draževac in the municipality of
Obrenovac. Due to the vast works on the lignite
surface mining
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in the Kolubara basin, the river was shortened to , partially channeled and rerouted.
The villages located on the river include
Rudovci
Rudovci () is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is situated in the Lazarevac
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,
Mali Crljeni
Mali Crljeni is a village situated in Lazarevac municipality in Serbia
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,
Burovo
Burovo is a village situated in Lazarevac municipality in Serbia
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,
Zeoke and
Baroševac
Baroševac ( sr, Барошевац) is a village situated in Lazarevac municipality in Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. Despite not being a major river, and with all the
amelioration works in its basin, Peštan remained a seasonally flooding river, especially in spring, damaging agricultural fields and settlements in its watershed.
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Mining
The flooding river also poses constant threat to the Kolubara's surface mines. In 2021, construction of five damn began, with adjoining retention basin
A retention basin, sometimes called a wet pond, wet detention basin, or stormwater management pond (SWMP), is an artificial pond with vegetation around the perimeter and a permanent pool of water in its design. It is used to manage stormwater r ...
s. An additional drainage canal, on the southern border of the watershed, will also be built. The planned dams and reservoirs are Bistrica (began in August 2021), Trbušnica (both should be finished by April 2023), Kruševica (starting at early 2022). Rudovci (late 2022) and Darosavica with the drainage canal (2023-2014).[
Apart from preventing floods, this will allow the expansion of the mining "Field E", which is estimated to hold 350 million tons of coal. At full capacity it will spread over , with the planned production of 12 million tons per year.][
]
See also
*List of rivers in Serbia
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Organizations
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References
External links
{{Commons category, Peštan
Rivers of Serbia