Binačka Morava (Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic: Биначка Морава; Albanian: Morava e Binçës, or Mirusha, indefinite form: Mirushë) is a river which flows in southeastern Kosovo and North Macedonia. It flows generally in the southwest to northeast direction, from Macedonian border to Bujanovac, where, after 49 km, it meets Preševska Moravica, to create South Morava.[1]

Binačka Morava
Binačka Morava in Vitina
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Native name
Location
CountryNorth Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnear Skopska Crna Gora in North Macedonia
Mouth 
 • location
with Preševska Moravica forms South Morava at Bujanovac
 • coordinates
42°26′45″N 21°46′13″E / 42.4459°N 21.7702°E / 42.4459; 21.7702
Length49 km (30 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSouth MoravaGreat MoravaDanubeBlack Sea
Binačka Morava flowing near Donja Budriga in the Kosovo Pomoravlje region
Binačka Morava further downriver in Kosovo Pomoravlje

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The river begins in the mountain of Skopska Crna Gora, in North Macedonia, north of its capital Skopje. Streams of Ključevska reka and Slatinska reka join together to form the river Golema, which is, after passing the Macedonian-Serbian border, known as Binačka Morava.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Milošević, Djuradj; Simić, Vladica; Todosijević, Ivan; Stojković, Milica (December 2011). "Checklist of the family Chironomidae (Diptera) of Southern Morava River basin, Serbia". Journal of Biological Sciences - Biologica Nyssana. 2 (2): 123–128. ISSN 2217-4605. Retrieved 12 December 2017.