South Morava

The South Morava is a river in eastern Kosovo and southern Serbia that serves as the Great Morava's shorter headwater. It is now 295 kilometers long, including its source river, the Binačka Morava. It flows generally south to north, from the Macedonian border to Kosovo and on to Central Serbia, where it joins West Morava at Stalać to form Great Morava.

The river originates in the Skopska Crna Gora mountain range in North Macedonia, north of Skopje. The streams Kljuevska reka and Slatinska reka merge to form the river Golema, which is known as the Binačka Morava after crossing the Macedonian-Serbian border. After 49 kilometers, it meets the Moravica (called Preševska Moravica further upstream) at Bujanovac, and for the remaining 246 kilometers, it flows as the South Morava.

There are 157 tributaries to the South Morava. Jablanica, Veternica, Pusta reka, and Toplica are the most important left tributaries. Vrla, Vlasina, Nišava (the longest), and Sokobanjska Moravica are the right tributaries.

Length: 295 km (183 mi)