Misplaced Pages

Pusta River
Native name	Пуста река (Serbian)
Location
Country	Serbia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Radan mountain, near Prolom Banja, Serbia
Mouth
• location	South Morava, at Pukovac, Serbia
• coordinates	43°12′13″N 21°50′39″E / 43.2037°N 21.8442°E / 43.2037; 21.8442
Length	71 km (44 mi)
Basin size	590 km (230 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	South Morava→ Great Morava→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Pusta River (Serbian: Пуста река / Pusta reka, lit. 'Desolate River') is a river in southern Serbia, a 71-km long left tributary to the South Morava. It also gives the name to the Pusta Reka region in its valley.

River

The river originates northeast of Prolom Banja, near the Sokolovica village, on the northern tip of the Radan mountain, as the Golema River [sr] ('Big River'). It flows eastward, between the mountains of Radan (to the south) and Pasjača (to the north), next to the villages of Dobra Voda, Magaš, Brestovac and Velika Crkvica, before it reaches the regional center of Bojnik, after which, for the rest of its 46 km course, it is known as the Pusta River. From Bojnik, the river bends north, next to the villages of Dragovac, Pridvorica, Đinđuša, Lapotince, Kacabać, Kosančić, Donje Brijanje, Međa and Draškovac, before it empties into the South Morava, near the village of Pukovac.

The Pusta River drains an area of 590 km, belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin, and is not navigable.

Region

The region of Pusta Reka mostly correspondence with the river's watershed. It is located between the Pasjača mountain and lower Toplica region (on the north), the Southern Pomoravlje (Leskovac Valley [sr], on the east), the Jablanica region (on the south) and the Radan mountain (on the west).

The region is an agricultural area, almost without any industry, except for some smaller facilities in regional center, Bojnik. As if it confirms the name of the river (Pusta reka in Serbian means 'Desolate river'), the region is economically undeveloped and poor, sparsely populated and depopulating (18,801 inhabitants in 1971 or 71 per km; 13,118 in 2002 or 50 per km).

v t e Geographical regions of Serbia
Azbukovica Bačka Banat Belica Binačko Pomoravlje* Braničevo Deliblatska Peščara Dobrič Drenica* Goljak Gora* Gornja Morava* Gornje Livade Gornji Breg Gruža Homolje Ibarski Kolašin* Izmornik* Jablanica Jadar Jasenica Kačer Kolubara Komarani Kopaonik Kosanica Kosmaj Kosovo* Kosovo field* Kosovsko Pomoravlje* Kozjačija Kriva Reka* Kučaj Lepenica Lešnica Levač Ljig Lugomir Lugovi* Lužnica Mačva Malo Kosovo* Metohija* Metohijski Podgor* Mlava Morava Valley Moravac Negotin Valley Obica* Opolje* Pančevački Rit Pčinja Pešter Pocerina Podgora* Podlužje Podrimlje Podrinje Podunavlje Polimlje Pomoravlje Pomorišje Posavina Potisje Prekoruplje* Preševo Valley Prizenski Has* Prizrenski Podgor* Pusta Reka Ravna Gora Rađevina Rasina Raška Reka* Rugovo* Sandžak Šajkaška Sirinićka župa* Šopluk Skopska Crna Gora Southern Pomoravlje Spačva basin Sredačka župa* Srem Stari Vlah Stig Šumadija Šumadijska Kolubara Svrljig Tamnava Telečka Temnić Timok Valley Toplica Užička Crna Gora Valjevska Kolubara Veliki Rit Visok Vlasina Zaglavak Zlatibor
(*) indicates location within Kosovo

References

1. ^ Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Serbia 2017 (PDF) (in Serbian and English). Belgrade: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. October 2017. p. 16. ISSN 0354-4206. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
2. ^ Velika Morava River Basin, ICPDR, November 2009, p. 2

• Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
• Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6

• Tributaries of the South Morava
• Rivers of Serbia