The Studva () is a river in eastern
Croatia
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and northern
Serbia
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, a 37 km-long right tributary to the
Bosut river. It flows entirely within the
Syrmia
Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the ex ...
region of both Croatia and Serbia (
Vojvodina
Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...
).
The Studva originates from the marshes of the western Syrmia in
Croatia
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(
Spačva sub-region), near the village of
Gunja. It is a slow, meandering river and spills over into several marshes as it flows by the villages of
Đurići,
Drenovci,
Soljani and
Vrbanja.
There is a canal from the Studva to the
river Spačva.
At the medieval ruins of the town of
Zvezdangrad, the Studva becomes a border river between Croatia and Serbia (total length as a border or Serbian river is 18 km). At the village of
Morović
Morović () is a village located in the municipality of Šid, Srem District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011 census, it has a population of 1,744 inhabitants.
History
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the Studva empties into the
Bosut river.
Just like the Bosut itself, the Studva is a satellite flow to the
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
river and uses the same, ancient (fossile) Sava's river bed. The river is navigable for 18 km for smaller
vessels, drains an area of 355 km
2 and belongs to the
Black Sea
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drainage basin
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.
References
{{Hydrography of Croatia
Rivers of Croatia
Rivers of Serbia
Geography of Vojvodina
Syrmia
International rivers of Europe
Croatia–Serbia border
Border rivers
Geography of Vukovar-Syrmia County