The
Trgoviški Timok (
Serbian Cyrillic:
Трговишки Тимок, "Timok of Trgovište") is a river in
Serbia, also known as
Korenatac (Cyrillic: Коренатац) or
Strma river (
Serbian:
Стрма река /
Strma reka, "Steep river"). It starts on the western slopes of the
Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina mountains), right under the highest peak of the mountain in Serbia,
Midžor, less than a kilometer from the Bulgarian border. The river runs to the east, receiving three smaller streams from the other peaks of Balkan mountain range with colorful names (
Babin Zub and
Tri Uši, Cyrillic: Бабин Зуб and Три Уши, "Oldwife's Tooth" and "Three Ears"). The river passes through the villages of
Balta Berilovac,
Vrtovac and
Inovo. On this reach it receives the
Debelička and
Ćuštička rivers from the left and the
Golaška and
Inovska rivers from the right. At the village of
Kalna, it is joined by the
Stanjanska River, flowing down the northern slopes of the
Jadovnik mountain, turns to the north and becomes known as the Trgoviški Timok.
The Trgoviški Timok flows to the north-west, through Gornja Kamenica, Donja Kamenica, Štrbac, and Trgovište, a suburb of Knjaževac and one of the rare settlements in eastern Serbia that experiences population growth. It also gave the name to the river. On this reach it receives the Deščanska River from the left and the Papratska, Brezova, Žukovska and Štitarska rivers from the right.
The Trgoviški Timok is 54 km long. Running on the left slopes of the Tresibaba mountain, the river reaches Knjaževac, where it is joined by the Svrljiški Timok from the south-west, forming together the Beli Timok. It drains an area of 537 km.
Tributaries
The tributaries of the Trgoviški Timok are:
Left: Debelička, Ćuštička, Stanjanska River, Deščanska
Right: Golaška, Inovska, Papratska, Brezova, Žukovačka, Štitarska
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