This is a list of rivers of North Macedonia .
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Drainage basin | Area in km2 | Area in % | Main river |
---|---|---|---|
Aegean Sea | 22 319 | 86,80 | Vardar |
includes: | 20 535 | 79,86 | Vardar |
1535 | 5,97 | Strumica | |
129 | 0,50 | Lebnica | |
120 | 0,47 | Lake Doiran | |
Adriatic Sea | 3350 | 13,03 | Black Drin |
Black Sea | 44 | 0,17 | Binačka Morava |
The Great Morava is the final section of the Morava, a major river system in Serbia.
West Morava is a river in Central Serbia, a 184-km long headstream of the Great Morava, which it forms with the South Morava. It was known as Brongus in antiquity.
The Timok, sometimes also known as Great Timok, is a river in eastern Serbia, a right tributary of the Danube. For the last 15 km of its run it forms a border between eastern Serbia and western Bulgaria.
The Nišava or Nishava is a river in Bulgaria and Serbia, a right tributary, and with a length of 218 kilometres (135 mi) also the longest one, of the South Morava.
The South Morava is a river in eastern Kosovo and in southern Serbia, which represents the shorter headwater of Great Morava. Today, it is 295 kilometres (183 mi) long, including its source river Binačka Morava. It flows generally in the south to north direction, from the Macedonian border to Kosovo and onwards to Central Serbia, where it meets West Morava at Stalać, to create Great Morava.
Vladičin Han is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of 2022, the population of the town is 7,343, while the population of the municipality is 17,532.
The Toplica is a river in southern Serbia. The river is 130 km long and gives its name to the region it flows through, which constitutes most of the modern Toplica District of Serbia.
The Pčinja is a 135 km long river in Serbia and North Macedonia, a left tributary of the Vardar River.
The Jablanica is an 85-kilometre-long (53 mi) river in southern Serbia. A left tributary of the South Morava river, it gives its name to the region of Jablanica and to modern Serbia's Jablanica District, with the region contributing about one third of the district's area.
The Pusta 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.
The Resava is a river in central Serbia, a 65 km-long right tributary to the Velika Morava. It also gives the name to the surrounding Resava region, the Resava Monastery, the coal mines in its valley and the popular tourist destination of Resava Cave.
The Lugomir is a river in central Serbia, a 57 km-long right tributary to the Velika Morava river. It flows through many villages including Majur.
The Golijska Moravica or simply Moravica is a river in western Serbia. With a length of 98 km, it is the longer headstream of the West Morava, and thus, of the Great Morava. Its name, Moravica, means "little Morava" in Serbian, and it also gives its name to the surrounding region and the modern Moravica District of Serbia.
The Nerodime is a river in the Nerodime region of Kosovo, a 41 km (25 mi) long left tributary to the Lepenc river. It represents Europe's only instance of a river bifurcation flowing into two seas, dividing into two irreversible branches. The left branch flows into the Black Sea, and the right branch flows into the Aegean Sea.
The Morava Valley, is a general term which in its widest sense marks valleys of any of three Morava rivers in Serbia: the West Morava, the South Morava and the Great Morava. In the narrow sense, the term is applied only to the Great Morava Valley. The Serbian term follows the general manner of coining river valley names in Serbian using the prefix po- and suffix -je, meaning literally "(land) along the Morava". Morava valley lies in the central Balkans, at the crossroads which lead eastwards, towards the Black Sea and Asia Minor, and further south, down the Vardar River into the Aegean Sea.
Pusta River may refer to:
The Beli Timok is a headwater of the Timok River in Serbia. It starts at the junction of the Svrljiški Timok River and the Trgoviški Timok River, in Knjaževac. It was also known as Knjaževački Timok.
The Crni Timok, also known as Crna River or Krivovirski Timok, is a headwater of the Timok River.
Binačka Morava is a river which flows in southeastern Kosovo and North Macedonia. It flows generally in the southwest to northeast direction, from Macedonian border to Bujanovac, where, after 49 km, it meets Preševska Moravica, to create South Morava.
Osredak Special Nature Reserve is a natural monument in central Serbia. It has been declared a special nature reserve in 2020 in order to preserve the wetlands in the West Morava Valley. The wetland is important for the preservation of the water quality of the West Morava and is the only important wetland locality in the radius of 100 km (62 mi).