The Mileševka ( sr-cyr, Милешевка), or Mileševska River ( / ''Mileševska reka'', "Mileševa River"), is a river in southwestern
Serbia
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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 and
Kaćevo. It then turns slightly oblique northwards, up past the village of
Hisardžik, the Mileševa Fortress and the
Mileševa Monastery. It then resumes its course westward. It empties into the
Lim at the city of
Prijepolje
Prijepolje ( sr-Cyrl, Пријепоље, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. As of 2022, the town has 11,928 inhabitants, while the municipality has 32,214 inhabitants.
Etymology
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Its total length is about twenty kilometres.
Notes
Rivers of Serbia
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