Vlasina (disambiguation)

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Vlasina

Vlasina is a mountainous region of southeastern Serbia. It is a border area to Bulgaria, a region of the Rhodopian Serbia, with old rocks and mountains. Its most prominent landforms are eponymous Vlasina River and Vlasina Lake. It corresponds to the territories of municipalities of Crna Trava, Vlasotince and Surdulica.

Vlasina (river) river in Serbia

The Vlasina, is a river in southeastern Serbia, a 70 km-long outflow of the Vlasina Lake and a right tributary to the Južna Morava, which also gives its name to the surrounding Vlasina region.

Vlasina Lake

Vlasina Lake is a semi-artificial lake in Southeast Serbia. Lying at an altitude of 1,211 metres (3,973 ft), with an area of 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi), it is the highest and largest artificial lake in Serbia. It was created in 1947–51 when the peat bog Vlasinsko blato was closed off by a dam and submerged by the waters of incoming rivers, chiefly the Vlasina.

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Bistrica from Proto-Slavic *-bystr, meaning "clear" may refer to:

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South Morava river

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Crna Trava Village and municipality in Southern and Eastern Serbia, Serbia

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Morava Valley

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Pusta River may refer to:

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Čemernik mountain in Serbia

Čemernik is a mountain in southeastern Serbia, near the town of Surdulica. Its highest peak Vrlo osoje has an elevation of 1,638 m (5,374 ft) above sea level. It is one of mountains that surround the Vlasina plateau and the Vlasina Lake.

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Vardenik (mountain) mountain

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