Peštan () is a river of
Serbia
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and right tributary of the
Kolubara
The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river.
Due to the many long tributaries creating a branchy system within the river's drainage basin, the short Kolubara ...
river near
Vreoci.
Its length is . It belongs to the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...
basin.
Geography
The river originates on the northern slopes of the
Bukulja
Bukulja (Serbian Cyrillic: Букуља, ) is a mountains of Serbia, mountain near Aranđelovac in central Serbia. This mountain is an extinct volcano, which has been proved by presence of granite rocks, which contains specific mineral compositi ...
mountain. It was named after its very sandy riverbed (Serbian ''pesak'', "sand"). Peštan used to be long, and originally flew into the Kolubara at the village of
Draževac in the municipality of
Obrenovac
Obrenovac ( sr-cyr, Обреновац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 68,882 inhabitants, while the urban area has 25,380 inhabitants. The old name for Obreno ...
. Due to the vast works on the lignite
surface mining
Surface mining, including strip mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal mining, is a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed, in contrast to underground mining, in whic ...
in the Kolubara basin, the river was shortened to , partially channeled and rerouted.
The villages located on the river include
Rudovci,
Mali Crljeni,
Burovo,
Zeoke and
Baroševac
Baroševac () is a village situated in Lazarevac municipality in Serbia
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. Despite not being a major river, and with all the
amelioration works in its basin, Peštan remained a seasonally flooding river, especially in spring, damaging agricultural fields and settlements in its watershed.
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Mining
The flooding river also poses constant threat to the Kolubara's surface mines. In 2021, construction of five damn began, with adjoining retention basin
A retention basin, sometimes called a retention pond, wet detention basin, or storm water management pond (SWMP), is an artificial pond with vegetation around the perimeter and a permanent pool of water in its design. It is used to manage ...
s. An additional drainage canal, on the southern border of the watershed, will also be built. The planned dams and reservoirs are Bistrica (began in August 2021), Trbušnica (both should be finished by April 2023), Kruševica (starting at early 2022). Rudovci (late 2022) and Darosavica with the drainage canal (2023-2014).[
Apart from preventing floods, this will allow the expansion of the mining "Field E", which is estimated to hold 350 million tons of coal. At full capacity it will spread over , with the planned production of 12 million tons per year.][
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See also
*List of rivers in Serbia
Many rivers flowing entirely or partially within Serbia proper, and others are just border rivers. They are damned for the purpose of generating hydroelectric power or as water reservoirs, creating most of the lakes of Serbia.
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References
External links
{{Commons category, Peštan
Rivers of Serbia