The Aranca or Zlatica (

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: ''Aranca'',

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: Златица / ''Zlatica'', Hungarian: ''Aranka'') is a 117 km long river in the

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region of

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and

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, left tributary of the river

Tisa The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo ...

Hydronymy

The Serbian and Hungarian names of the river carry the meaning the ''golden river''.

Course

The Aranca originates in the northern part of the Banat, near the village Sânpetru German, southwest of the city of Arad, Romania.Aranca (jud. Timis)
e-calauza.ro It flows to the west, next to the large villages of

Sânpetru Mare Sânpetru Mare ("Great St. Peter"; ; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Igriș and Sânpetru Mare (commune seat). It also included the village of Saravale until it was split off to form a separate commune ...

, Saravale, the town of

Sânnicolau Mare Sânnicolau Mare (; ; ; Banat Swabians, Banat Swabian: ''Sanniklos''; ; Banat Bulgarian dialect, Banat Bulgarian: ''Smikluš'') is a List of cities and towns in Romania, town in Timiș County, Romania, and the westernmost in the country. Located i ...

Dudeștii Vechi Dudeștii Vechi (until 1964 Beșenova Veche; Banat Bulgarian dialect, Banat Bulgarian: ''Stár Bišnov''; ; ; ) is a communes of Romania, commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cheglevici, Colonia Bulgară and Dudești ...

and Vălcani, where it leaves Romania after the course of 76 km and enters Serbia as the ''Zlatica'' for the remaining 41 km. In Serbia, the river turns southwest, receives from the right the

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canal which connects it to the

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to the south, flows next to the village of Padej and empties into the Tisa river at the town of Ada. Near the village of Banatski Monoštor the Zlatica receives from the right its main tributary, another Romanian-Serbian river, the Begej (not to be confused with larger

Begej The Bega or Begej (; ; ; , formerly ''Kistemes''), is a 244 km (152 mile) long river in Romania (169 km; 105 mi.) and Serbia (75 km; 47 mi.). It rises in the Poiana Ruscă Mountains in Romania, part of the Carpathian M ...

that flows into the

Characteristics

The Aranca belongs to the

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, itself draining 1,470 km² (790 km² in Romania, 680 km² in Serbia). In the lower part it has been channelized, so its navigable for the last 10 km and also very important for the irrigation of the arable land in its valley. Near the village of Jazovo, waters of the Zlatica are used for the Ostojićevo fish pond, and a natural Celeruša bog is also located there.

Settlements located near the river

Romania

Secusigiu Secusigiu () is a commune in Arad County, Romania, is situated in the north-western part of the Vingăi Plateau and it occupies 17202 ha. It is composed of four villages: Munar (''Munár''), Satu Mare (''Temesnagyfalu''), Sânpetru German (''Ném ...

* Periam *

* Saravale *

* Vălcani

Serbia

* Crna Bara * Banatski Monoštor * Jazovo * Padej

References

* ''Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija'', Third edition (1985); Prosveta; * Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): ''Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije''; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; * ''Srpska porodična enciklopedija'', Vol. X (2007); Narodna knjiga and Politika NM; {{Portal bar, Romania Rivers of Romania Rivers of Serbia Geography of Vojvodina Rivers of Timiș County Rivers of Arad County Banat