Čemerno (

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: Чемерно) is a

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in western

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, near the town of

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. Its highest peak ''Smrdljuč'' has an elevation of above sea level.

Geography

From the south, mountain plato Čemerno is limited by the valley of the river Studenica, and from the north by the valleys of rivers Dubočica and Borošnica. Mountain plato extends in the northwest-southeast direction for some 12 kilometers and in it far southeast end it turns southwards. Mountain slopes are carved by tributaries of the rivers Ibar and Studenica. The mountain highest peak is ''Smrdljuč'' (1579 m), other peaks are: ''Goleš'' (1348 m), ''Gvozdac'' (1456 m), ''Rudo brdo'' (1454 m), ''Gusarica'' (1535 m), ''Tičije brdo'' (1430 m). Remarkably scenic parts of the mountain plato are the spring areas northeast of high point Gusarica (1535 m) in the area of the village of Bresnik where the ridge of the mountain Čemerno is significantly narrowed. In this areas under the peaks, there are many springs, the most important of which are: ''Kadina voda'', below the summit of ''Gvozdac'' (1456 m), and ''Zmajevac spring'' , between ''Smrdljuč'' (1579 m) and ''Rudo brdo'' (1454 m) summits. The most accessible and well known spring is located at 700 m above sea level in village - the famous ''Sava water'', widely known for its healing properties. Most of the mountain is covered with

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, but in some parts of the ridge there are small or large

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pastures with cattle huts. A road leads through the western parts of the mountain, which then descends in the north to the villages of Tolišnica, in the upper part of the Borošnica basin, to the area of the village of

Savovo Savovo is a village situated in Kraljevo municipality in Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of th ...

(Ponore hamlet), and to

Maglič Maglič ( sr-Cyrl, Маглич, ) is a 13th-century castle about south of Kraljevo, Serbia. The castle is located atop a hill around which the Ibar river makes a curve, about above the river. The fortress protected the only road that connec ...

, in the Ibar valley. There are many more cattle huts on the south side of Čemerno and they rise high along the mountain sides above the houses of the villages of Savovo and

Đakovo Đakovo (; hu, Diakovár) is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia. Đakovo is the centre of the fertile and rich Đakovo region ( hr, Đakovština ). Etymology The etymology of the name is the gr, διάκος (diákos) in Slavic form đ ...

. ČEMERNO (Чемерно)
''Dinaric Alps''

References

External links

Photo tour on Čemerno
{{serbia-geo-stub Mountains of Serbia