The Mileševka ( sr-cyr, Милешевка), or Mileševska River ( sr, Милешевска река / ''Mileševska reka'', "Mileševa River"), is a river in southwestern
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 ...
and a major tributary of the
Lim. It is part of the
Danube catchment basin.
Course
The Mileševka rises on the northern slopes of
Mount Jadovnik in
Zlatar range below Karaula Pass (1305 m). The river flows west-northwest and passes through the villages of
Milošev Do
Milošev Do (Serbian Cyrillic: Милошев До) is a village in the municipality of the Prijepolje in the Zlatibor District of Serbia. According to the 2002 census, Milošev Do had a population of 126 people. Milošev Do lies between Jadovnik ...
and
Kaćevo
Kaćevo is a village in the municipality of Prijepolje, Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pan ...
. It then turns slightly oblique northwards, up past the village of
Hisardžik
Hisardžik is a village in the municipality of Prijepolje, Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern ...
, the Mileševa Fortress and the
Mileševa Monastery
The Mileševa Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Милешева, Manastir Mileševa, or ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Prijepolje, in southwest Serbia. It was founded by King Stefan Vladislav I, in the years between 1234 and ...
. It then resumes its course westward. It empties into the
Lim at the city of
Prijepolje.
Its total length is about twenty kilometres.
Notes
Rivers of Serbia
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