Zasavica (river)
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| Zasavica (Засавица) | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Mačva, west of Bogatić, Serbia |
| Mouth | Sava river, at Sremska Mitrovica, Vojvodina, Serbia |
| Basin countries | Serbia |
| Length | 34 km |
The Zasavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Засавица) is a river in the region of Mačva, western-central Serbia.
The Zasavica is a 34 km-long right tributary to the Sava river which entirely flows through the region of Mačva. It originates from the swamps north of the village of Salaš Crnobarski, in the floodplain of the lower course of the Drina river. The river flows in the north-east direction, for 10 km parallel to the flow of the Sava and next to the villages of Glogovac, Sovljak, Banovo Brdo and Radenković, where the river crosses the administrative border of Central Serbia and the province of Vojvodina. Near the village of Zasavica, the river enters the marshy area of the Zasavica bog and meanders through the middle of it until it flows into the Sava at Mačvanska Mitrovica, right across the town of Sremska Mitrovica on the Sava.
The name of the river could be translated as the “behind Sava”. It actually flows through the typical elongated "mrtvaja", the old (fossil) bed of the Sava. Because of the river’s meandering course and the low terrain, a bog was created, while the river itself changes the course depending on how much atmospheric waters it gets during the year.
