List of rivers of Serbia


This is a list of the rivers of Serbia, either those flowing entirely or partially within Serbia proper, or just being a border rivers.

Drainage basins

All rivers in Serbia belong to the drainage basins of three seas: Black Sea, Adriatic Sea or Aegean Sea.
The largest in area, Black Sea drainage basin, covers an area of 81,261 km2 or 92% of the territory of Serbia. The entire basin is drained by only one river, the Danube, which flows into the Black Sea. All major rivers in Serbia, like Tisa, Sava, Velika Morava and Drina belong to it.
The Adriatic Sea drainage basin covers an area of 4,500 km2 or 5% of territory of Serbia. It comprises the western half of the Kosovo and Metohija and it is mostly drained by one river, the White Drin, which in Albania meets the Black Drin to create the Drin river, which flows into the Adriatic Sea. Smaller portion of it is drained by Crni Kamen-Radika river in the extreme southern region of Gora, which also drains into Black Drin in North Macedonia.
The Aegean Sea basin is the smallest in area, 2,650 km2 or 3% of the territory of Serbia, and covers the southern parts of Serbia, to the Macedonian and Bulgarian borders. It is drained by three rivers: Lepenac, Pčinja and Dragovištica. The first two flow into the Vardar river in North Macedonia, and the third flows into the Struma river in Bulgaria, and both of those rivers flow into the Aegean Sea.
All three basins meet at the Drmanska glava peak on the Crnoljeva mountain in central Kosovo, which represents the water divide of Serbia and the major one in the Balkans, as it divides three out of the Balkan's four drainage basins.

List of major rivers

The lengths in the table present the overall lengths of the rivers, not just the Serbian parts of the flow. In the first table, rivers over 50 km are listed, including river systems created by confluence of other major rivers; in those cases, the length is given as the total of the river and the longer headstream.
Selected list of shorter rivers is added below the two tables.
NameCyrillicLength Drainage area Drainage basin length measured as:Main tributary Provinces within SerbiaCountries sharing the same river
1.DanubeДунав2888817000BlackBreg-DanubeTisaVojvodina, Central SerbiaGermany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine
2.TisaТиса1026157020BlackBlack Tisa-TisaBegejVojvodinaUkraine, Romania, Hungary
3.SavaСава99095719BlackSava Dolinka-SavaDrinaVojvodina, Central SerbiaSlovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
4.Velika Morava Велика Морава49335419BlackGolijska Moravica-Zapadna Morava-Velika MoravaJužna MoravaCentral Serbianone
5.DrinaДрина48719570BlackTara-DrinaLimCentral SerbiaMontenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.TamišТамиш35913085BlackregularBrzavaVojvodinaRomania
7.DrinДрим33511756AdriaticWhite Drin-DrinKlinaKosovoAlbania
8.Južna Morava Јужна Морава29515469BlackGolema-Binačka Morava-Južna MoravaNišavaKosovo, Central SerbiaNorth Macedonia
9.IbarИбар2768059BlackregularSitnicaCentral Serbia, KosovoMontenegro
10.BegejБегеј2542878BlackregularNovi BegejVojvodinaRomania
11.LimЛим2205963BlackVrmoša-Luča-Lake Plav-LimUvacCentral SerbiaMontenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina
12.NišavaНишава2183950BlackregularTemšticaCentral SerbiaBulgaria
13.TimokТимок2034630BlackSvrljiški Timok-Beli Timok-TimokCrni TimokCentral SerbiaBulgaria
14.BosutБосут1863097BlackBiđ-BosutStudvaVojvodinaCroatia
15.BrzavaБрзава1661190Blackregularminor flowsVojvodinaRomania
16.ToplicaТоплица1302600BlackDuboka-ToplicaKosanicaCentral Serbianone
17.PekПек1291236BlackLipa-PekJagnjiloCentral Serbianone
18.PlazovićПлазовић129Blackregularminor flowsVojvodinaHungary
19.PčinjaПчиња1283140Aegeanregularminor flowsCentral SerbiaNorth Macedonia
20.NeraНера1241420Blackregularminor flowsVojvodinaRomania
21.KolubaraКолубара1233639BlackObnica-KolubaraTamnavaCentral Serbianone
22.UvacУвац1191095BlackRasanska reka-Vapa-UvacTisnicaCentral SerbiaBosnia and Herzegovina
23.MlavaМлава1181210BlackTisnica-MlavaVitovnicaCentral Serbia-
24.KarašКараш1101400BlackregularIlidijaVojvodinaRomania
25.Krivaja Криваја109956Blackregularminor flowsVojvodinanone
26.ČikЧик95481BlackregularnoneVojvodinanone
27.RasinaРасина92994Blackregularminor flowsCentral Serbianone
28.SitnicaСитница903129BlackregularLabKosovonone
29.TamnavaТамнава90930BlackregularUbCentral Serbianone
30.KerešКереш90976BlackregularnoneVojvodinaHungary
31.TemšticaТемштица86820BlackVisočica-TemšticaDojkinička rekaCentral SerbiaBulgaria
32.JablanicaЈабланица85895BlackregularČokotinska rekaCentral Serbianone
33.Crni TimokЦрни Тимок841003BlackregularZlotska rekaCentral Serbianone
34.NadelaНадела84Blackregularminor flowsVojvodinanone
35.JasenicaЈасеница791343BlackregularKubršnicaCentral Serbianone
36.JadarЈадар79894BlackregularRakovicaCentral Serbianone
37.GružaГружа77622BlackregularKotlenjačaCentral Serbianone
38.LepenacЛепенац75770AegeanregularNerodimkaKosovoNorth Macedonia
39.ĐetinjaЂетиња751486BlackregularSkrapežCentral Serbianone
40.VeternicaВетерница75515BlackregularSušicaCentral Serbianone
41.JermaЈерма74BlackregularZvonačka rekaCentral SerbiaBulgaria
42.LabЛаб72950BlackregularKačandolska rekaKosovonone
43.Rzav Рзав72605BlackBlack Rzav-RzavWhite RzavCentral SerbiaBosnia and Herzegovina
44.Pusta reka Пуста река71569BlackGolema-Pusta rekaminor flowsCentral Serbianone
45.MostongaМостонга70BlackregularnoneVojvodinanone
46.RadikaРадика70665AdriaticCrni Kamen-Ćafa Kadis-Radikaminor flowsCentral SerbiaNorth Macedonia
47.GalackaГалацка69843Blackregularminor flowsVojvodinanone
48.VlasinaВласина681050BlackregularLužnicaCentral Serbianone
49.ResavaРесава65685BlackregularnoneCentral Serbianone
50.JegričkaЈегричка65BlackregularnoneVojvodinanone
51.DragovišticaДраговиштица63AegeanMutnica-Božička reka-DragovišticaLjubatska rekaCentral SerbiaBulgaria
52.Pećka Bistrica Пећка Бистрица62505Adriaticregularminor flowsKosovoMontenegro
53.KlinaКлина62393AdriaticregularMoveKosovonone
54.Rzav Рзав61575BlackVeliki Rzav-RzavMali RzavCentral Serbianone
55.StudenicaСтуденица60582BlackCrna reka-StudenicaBrusnička rekaCentral Serbianone
56.RaškaРашка601193BlackregularDeževska rekaCentral Serbianone
57.Sokobanjska MoravicaСокобањска Моравица58606Blackregularminor flowsCentral Serbianone
58.UbУб57274Blackregularminor flowsCentral Serbianone
59.LugomirЛугомир57447BlackDulenska reka-LugomirŽupanjevačka rekaCentral Serbianone
60.JerezЈерез56503Blackregularminor flowsCentral Serbianone
61.Jasenička rekaЈасеничка река55BlackVrelska reka-Jasenička rekaminor flowsCentral Serbianone
62.Dečanska Bistrica Дечанска Бистрица53300AdriaticKožnjarska Bistrica-Dečanska BistricaKožnjarska BistricaKosovonone
63.JarčinaЈарчина53BlackMeđeš-Progarska Jarčinaminor flowsVojvodina, Central Serbianone
64.BudovarБудовар52BlackPatka-Budovarminor flowsVojvodinanone
65.DrenicaДреница51447BlackregularVrbovačka rekaKosovonone
66.RaljaРаља51310Blackregularminor flowsCentral Serbianone
67.ErenikЕреник51516AdriaticregularLoćanska BistricaKosovonone
68.Porečka rekaПоречка река50538BlackŠaška-PorečkaCrnajkaCentral Serbianone
69.Trgoviški TimokТрговишки Тимок50520BlackStrma reka-Trgoviški TimokŽukovska rekaCentral Serbianone

Major sub-rivers

Some rivers, historically with different names, are already included in the length of other rivers, but exist as separate rivers in topography or tradition. The most prominent ones are listed below.
NameCyrillicLength Drainage area Drainage basin length measured as:Main tributaryProvinces within SerbiaIncluded in:
1.Zapadna Morava Западна Морава30815849BlackGolijska Moravica-West MoravaIbarCentral SerbiaGreat Morava
2.White DrinБели Дрим1754300AdriaticregularKlinaKosovoDrin
3.Beli TimokБели Тимок1152167BlackSvrljiški Timok-White TimokTrgoviški TimokCentral SerbiaTimok
4.Golijska MoravicaГолијска Моравица981486BlackregularÐetinjaCentral SerbiaWest and Great Morava
5.VisočicaВисочица71BlackregularDojkinička rekaCentral SerbiaTemštica
6.Svrljiški TimokСврљишки Тимок64720Blackregularminor flowsCentral SerbiaWhite Timok and Timok

List of selected rivers below 50 km