The Crni Timok ( sr-Cyrl, Црни Тимок, "Black Timok"), also known as ''Crna River'' ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Црна река, Crna reka, separator=" / ", "Black River") or ''Krivovirski Timok'' (, "Timok of Krivi Vir"), is a headwater of the Timok River. It originates from the northern side of the Veliki Maljenik mountain, in the

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area of eastern

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. It flows near the village of Krivi Vir and continues generally to the northeast, flowing through the ''Crnorečka kotlina'' (, "depression of Crna Reka"), populated with many smaller villages ( Lukovo, Jablanica, Valakonje,

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Gamzigrad Gamzigrad ( sr-Cyrl, Гамзиград, ) is an archaeological site, spa resort, and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Serbia, located south of the Danube, Danube river, in the city of Zaječar. It is the location of the ancient Roman complex of pala ...

, Zvezdan). At Gamzigrad there is also an important archeological site from

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times. After a flow of 84 km, the Crni Timok reaches

Zaječar Zaječar ( sr-Cyrl, Зајечар, ; or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city administrative area had a population of 48,621 inhabitants. Zaječar is widely ...

, where it joins the

Beli Timok The Beli Timok ( sr-Cyrl, Бели Тимок, "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 ''Knjaževačk ...

River, forming the Veliki Timok River. It drains an area of .Velika Morava River Basin
ICPDR, November 2009, p. 3 Early in its course it receives from the right the Radovanska,

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, Velika, Salešča, Šarbanovačka, Jasenova, Bajnska and

rivers and from the left the Velika Suvaja, Mirovska, Arnauta, Osnička. Since most of the right tributaries come from the highly polluted area of the

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copper mining basin, they pollute the Crni Timok.

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