Karašica is a river in eastern
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
whose length, combined with its tributary Vučica is , and whose basin covers .
Karašica and Vučica rise in the mountain of
Papuk and flow towards the northeast into a plain, where they meander in an eastward direction. Vučica discharges into Karašica between
Valpovo
Valpovo is a town in Slavonia, Croatia. It is close to the Drava river, northwest of Osijek. As of 2021, the population of Valpovo is 7,406, with a total of 11,563 in the municipality.
Name
In Hungarian the town is known as ''Valpó'' and in ...
and
Ladimirevci
Ladimirevci is a village administratively located in the Valpovo, Town of Valpovo on the right bank of the Karašica (Drava), Karašica river. One of the only two SOS children villages in Croatia is located here.
Etymology
According to legend, ...
and the river flows into the
Drava
The Drava or Drave (, ; ; ; ; ), historically known as the Dravis or Dravus, is a river in southern Central Europe. north of
Josipovac.
There are several suggested etymologies for the name "Karašica". It's not explainable in Croatian. One is that it comes from the Turkish words "kara su" (black stream). Second is that it comes from the Latin word "Carassius", denoting several species of freshwater fish. Perhaps the most likely one is that it comes from the Indo-European root *(s)ker, meaning "to cut", in the sense "the river that cuts through the valley".
References
Rivers of Croatia
Slavonia
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