Kolubara

Kolubara
Kolubara River in Valjevo
Location
CountrySerbia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of Obnica and Jablanica in Valjevo
Mouth 
 • location
into Sava River near Obrenovac
 • coordinates
44°39′43″N 20°14′55″E / 44.6620°N 20.2485°E / 44.6620; 20.2485
Length86.6 km (53.8 mi) [1]
Basin size3,638 km2 (1,405 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
ProgressionSavaDanubeBlack Sea

The Kolubara (Serbian Cyrillic: Колубара, pronounced [kɔlǔbara]) is a 87 km (54 mi) 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 drains relatively large area of 3,639 km2 (1,405 sq mi). It is part of the larger Black Sea drainage.

The river is not navigable, but its valley is very important for transportation. Here are located Belgrade-Valjevo road, parts of Belgrade-Šabac road, Ibarska magistrala (Highway of Ibar) and the Belgrade-Bar railway.

The Kolubara was the site of one of the major battles on the Balkans in the World War I, the Battle of Kolubara in 1914.

There is a game hunting ground "Kolubara" in the valley of the river, on the territory of the Lazarevac municipality.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Sava River Basin Analysis Report" (PDF). International Sava River Basin Commission. September 2009. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF, 9.98 MB) on 2010-07-17.
  2. ^ Branka Vasiljević (5 August 2018). "Lovci u Beograd stižu porodično" [Hunters travel to Belgrade with their families]. Politika (in Serbian).

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