The Timok ( Serbian and Bulgarian : Тимок; Romanian : Timoc ), sometimes also known as Great Timok ( Serbian : Велики Тимок , romanized : Veliki Timok ; Romanian : Timocul Mare ), 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 .
12-539: It is a branchy system of many shorter rivers, many of them having the same name (Timok), only clarified with adjectives. From the farthest source in the system, that of the Svrljiški Timok , until its confluence (as Veliki Timok ), the Timok is 202 km long. The area of the river basin is 4,626 km (1,786 sq mi). Its average discharge at the mouth is 31 m/s (1,100 cu ft/s). The Timok Valley
24-666: A complete turn to the north-east. It runs through Palilula, Podvis and Rgošte, reaching Knjaževac , where it meets the Trgoviški Timok and together they form the Beli Timok . The total length of the river is 64 km; the area of the river basin is 726 km (280 sq mi). The tributaries of the Svrljiški Timok are: Left: Turija, Prazačkka , Kalnicka , Bela , Dolčina , Rakinak , Glogovačka , Grazinska Right: Izvorska , Rgoški This article related to
36-670: A river in Serbia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Timachi The Timachi were a Thracian tribe in living by present-day Timok , Serbia , then part of Moesia Inferior (87 AD). It may have been an artificial creation by the Romans. In the 1st century before Claudius conquest of Thrace , Pliny the Elder lists them as one of the Moesian tribes alongside Dardanians , Celegeri , Triballi and Moesi . The territorial unit of
48-506: Is consequently polluting the Danube with lead , copper and cadmium . The river valley is a natural route for the road and railway Niš - Prahovo . [REDACTED] Media related to Timok at Wikimedia Commons Svrlji%C5%A1ki Timok The Svrljiški Timok ( Serbian Cyrillic : Сврљишки Тимок , "Timok of Svrljig") is a river in Serbia , headwater of the Beli Timok . It rises north of
60-417: Is formed by the confluence of the rivers Beli Timok ("White Timok") and Crni Timok ("Black Timok") at Zaječar . The Beli Timok is formed by the confluence of the rivers Svrljiški Timok (" Svrljig Timok") and Trgoviški Timok (" Trgovište Timok") at Knjaževac . Tributaries of the Timok are Duboki Dol , Beslarica , Golami Dol , Kijevska , Bračevicka , Studena Voda , Pivnica and Eleshchev from
72-805: Is known for the most important Vlach population in Eastern Serbia. Its name stems from antiquity, in Latin it was known as Timacus and in Ancient Greek Timachos", Τίμαχος. This in turn comes from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hes-, zero-grade of *témHes-, *témHos- (“darkness”), an s-stem from the root *temH- (“dark”), also present in the names of the Thames and Tamiš/Temes/Timiș , possibly with extension "-q" for water (present in Latin "aqua"). The Timok, also named Veliki Timok to distinguish it from its tributaries,
84-547: The Mountains of Svrljig near the village of Šesti Gabar at elevation 1,078 m and flows to the west, curving around the northern slopes of the Mountains of Svrljig. It passes through many villages ( Vlagovo , Manojlica , Guševac , Lozan , Okruglica , Crnoljevica , Beloinje ), reaching the town of Svrljig , that gives its name to the river, which here gently turns to the north, and after passing through Niševac and Varoš makes
96-650: The I to III century common era, and Slavonic Timočani in the VI to IX and to a rebellion against Serbian king Milan Obrenović IV in 1883, known as the Timok Rebellion . At Čokonjar , the Sokolovica power plant was constructed in 1947–1951. Opportunities for higher electricity production are not used. The river has been greatly ecologically damaged in recent years by the mining and heavy metal industry in Bor and Krivelj and
108-559: The Timachi was small, limited to a single valley system around the Danube where each tributary was guarded by an auxiliary garrison supervised by praefecti . They have received or given their name to the Timok region ( TIMACUS ). The Celegeri and Timachi were replaced with the Romanized tribes of Tricornenses and Picenses respectively. The Picenses of Pincum ( Gradište ) "replaced"
120-529: The lower course the Timok has no major settlements on the Serbian side (though flowing only 7 km from Negotin ). Some 15 km before it empties into the Danube as its right tributary, the Timok becomes a border river, passing next to the Bulgarian town of Bregovo and the Bulgarian village of Baley . The river's mouth represents the northernmost point of Bulgaria, and is only 28 m above sea level, which makes it
132-574: The lowest point of Serbia. The average discharge is 24 m/s, but it can grow to 40 m/s, and the Timok is part of the Black Sea drainage basin. The main (right) tributaries in this section are Crna reka , Salaška reka , Sikolska reka and Čubarska reka (Cyrillic: Црна река, Салашка река, Сиколска река and Чубарска река). Apart from the Timok Valley, the Timok gave its name to the two tribes who lived on its banks, Thracian or Thraco- Celtic Timachi in
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#1732876385151144-528: The right, and Lipovička River , Crna reka , Jelašnička reka , Salaška reka , Ogašu Taba , Brusnički potok , Urovički potok , Plandište , and Sikolska river from the left. The Timok turns north-west after its formation at Zaječar, running next to the villages of Vražogrnac , Trnavac, Čokonjar, and Brusnik . Passing between the last two it leaves the Timok Valley and enters the Negotin Valley . In
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