Temštica
river in Serbia
Temštica (Serbian Cyrillic: Темштица), or Temska River (Serbian: Темска река / Temska reka), is a river in Serbia, a right tributary of the river Nišava. The Temštica itself is not very long (23 km), but receives a much longer tributary, the Visočica (Височица), flowing from Bulgaria (16.7 km in length), through Serbia (54 km in length) making Visočica and Temštica river system 93.7 km long.
Temštica (Toplodolska River)
The Temštica, known as the Toplodolska River (Serbian: Топлодолска река / Toplodolska reka, 'Topli Dol River') in the northern part, originates from five streams from the Stara Planina mountain on the Serbian–Bulgarian border. Three major streams spring out from several peaks of Stara Planina: Midžor/Midzhur (Миџор/Миджур), Vražija Glava/Vrazha Glava (Вражија Глава/Вража Глава), Bratkova Strana (Браткова Страна) and Gola Glava (Гола Глава). They all join together near the village of Topli Dol, which gives the alternative name to the river. Temštica carved a canyon, popularly nicknamed "Little Colorado". The river continues to the northwest and receives the Visočica from the left.
In 1990, a tunnel was built to conduct 90% of the Visočica's water back into the Zavoj Lake. That left Temštica itself without 70% of the water, leaving only the "biological minimum" to overspill from the dam. However, that is the so-called "dead water", which comes from the depth of 60 m (200 ft) and has the temperature of only few Celsius degrees.
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