Length 84 km Country Serbia | Basin area 1,003 km² | |
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- left Radovanska, Suva, Velika,
Salešča, Šarbanovačka,
Jasenova, Bajnska, Suva - right Velika Suvaja, Mirovska,
Arnauta, Osnička - location Veliki Maljenik, Zaječar District - location Zaječar, Zaječar District Cities Gamzigrad, Krivi Vir, Lukovo, Valakonje, Jablanica, Boljevac, Savinac | ||
The Crni Timok (Serbian Cyrillic: Црни Тимок; "Black Timok"), also known as Crna Reka (Црна река; "black river") or Krivovirski Timok (Кривовирски Тимок; "Timok of Krivi Vir"), is a headwater of the Timok River.
Map of Crni Timok, Zaje%C4%8Dar, Serbia
It originates from the northern side of the Veliki Maljenik mountain, in the Kučaj area of eastern Serbia. It flows near the village of Krivi Vir and continues generally to the north-east, flowing through the Crnorečka kotlina (Cyrillic: Црноречка котлина; "depression of Crna Reka"), populated with many smaller villages (Lukovo, Jablanica, Valakonje, Savinac, Gamzigrad, Zvezdan). At Gamzigrad there is also an important archeological site from Roman times].
After a flow of 84 km, the Crni Timok reaches Zaječar, where it joins the Beli Timok River, forming the Veliki Timok River. It drains an area of 1.003 km².
Early in its course it receives from the right the Radovanska, Suva, Velika, Salešča, Šarbanovačka, Jasenova, Bajnska and Suva rivers and from the left the Velika Suvaja, Mirovska, Arnauta, Osnička. Since most of the right tributaries come from the highly polluted area of the Bor copper mining basin, they pollute the Crni Timok.