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Beli Timok

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Beli Timok (Serbian Cyrillic, "White 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 ("Timok of Knjaževac"). The river continues to the north, almost in a straight line, parallel to the Serbian-Bulgarian border on the east, and the eastern slopes of the mountain Tupižnica, on the west. It is generally considered that from this point, the Timok Valley region begins. The river passes through Gornje Zuniče, Donje Zuniče, Debelica, Trnovac, Minićevo, Drenovac, Selačka, Mali Izvor, Borovac, Vratarnica, and Grljan. On this area, the Beli Timok receives two left tributaries, the Grliška reka and the Lubnička reka. A few kilometers after Grljan, the river reaches the largest city on its course, Zaječar. There, the Beli Timok meets the Crni Timok from the east and continues as the Veliki Timok. The length of the Beli Timok is 50 km (115 km with Svrljiški Timok) and it drains an area of 2,155 km2.

The tributaries of the Beli Timok are: Left: Grazinska, Valevačka, Debelicka, Koželjska, Vrbica, Zagradža Grliška, Lubnička Right: Sinia Voda, Jelašnica, Koritska, Selačka, Balij, Šaška River, Buckov

Flows through: Serbia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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