The Zeta ( cnr-Cyrl, Зета, ) is a river in

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. Its source is under the mountain of Vojnik. The river flows eastwards for until it empties into the river

Morača The Morača ( cnr-Cyrl, Морача, ) is a major river in Montenegro that originates in the northern region in Kolašin Municipality under Mount Rzača. It meanders southwards for before emptying into Lake Skadar. Its drainage basin covers ...

just north of

Podgorica Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...

. Its

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area is .Statistical Yearbook of Montenegro 2017, Geography
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Geography

One theory is that the name "Zeta" derives from an early Greek "Zenta", later romanized in "Senta". The Zeta River is the most significant tributary of the

Morača river The Morača ( cnr-Cyrl, Морача, ) is a major river in Montenegro that originates in the northern region in Kolašin Municipality under Mount Rzača. It meanders southwards for before emptying into Lake Skadar. Its drainage basin covers ...

. The Perućica hydroelectric power plant near

Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...

(307 MW, 970

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) uses the waters of the Zeta River to generate power. After that, the river

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the Channel (geography), channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erosion, erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank, cut bank or river cl ...

s through the

Bjelopavlići Valley Bjelopavlići ( cyrl, Бјелопавлићи, ; ) is a historical tribe (pleme) of Albanian origin and a valley in the region of the Brda, in Montenegro, around the city of Danilovgrad. Geography The ''Bjelopavlići'' valley (also known a ...

and

Danilovgrad Municipality The Danilovgrad Municipality is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. Its administrative center is the town of Danilovgrad and it is located in the central part of Montenegro, in the valley of the Zeta (river), Zeta river, also called the Bjelop ...

, until it empties into the Morača a few miles north of Capital City of

. Historical monumental Carev Most (the Tsar's Bridge) exists over Zeta to the south of Nikšić town, and the ancient castle of Pandurica is situated nearby.

References

Rivers of Montenegro Morača Zeta (geographical region) {{Montenegro-river-stub