Tamnava

The Tamnava (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамнава) is a river in western Serbia. It flows for about 90 kilometers, or 56 miles, before joining the Kolubara River. The area around the river is called the Tamnava region. The river helps create the landscape and supports the people living nearby.

Origin

The Tamnava River begins with small streams on the slopes of Vlašić mountain, near the town of Valjevo. It flows near several villages and makes sharp turns. In the beginning, the Tamnava helps create the border of the Pocerina region in western Serbia.

Tamnava region

The Tamnava region begins where the Tamnava River flows between the village of Subotica and the town of Koceljeva. Several villages such as Tamnava, Novaci, Kalinovac, Trlić, Sovljak, and Crvena Jabuka are along the river. The river meets the Ub River near the village of Šarbane and flows into the Kolubara River south of Obrenovac, a suburb of Belgrade.

This area is flat and stretches from west to east, including valleys of the Ub and Kladnica rivers. It is part of the southern Pannonian plain. The region has lots of coal, which is mined in the Tamnava coal mines, part of the larger Kolubara coal basin. The Tamnava River covers an area of 930 km² and flows into the Black Sea through the Kolubara River. The name "Tamnava" means "the dark river" in Serbian.