The Radika (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Радика) is a river in southern Serbia (Kosovo and Metohija) and eastern Macedonia, a 70 km-long right tributary to the Crni Drim river. Kosovo (known in Albanian as Kosova, in Serbian as Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija, and in English simply as Kosovo) is a province in southern Serbia. ... Motto: none Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Formation and independence    - Formation of Serbia 814   - Formation of the Serbian Empire 1345   - Independence from the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878... The Black Drin (Albanian: Drini i Zi, meaning the black deer; Macedonian: Crn Drim) is a river in the Republic of Macedonia and Albania. ... Debar on the map of Republic of Macedonia Debar is a city in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, near the border with Albania, on the road from the city of Struga to the city of Gostivar. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... Motto: none Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Formation and independence    - Formation of Serbia 814   - Formation of the Serbian Empire 1345   - Independence from the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first two letters) is an alphabet used for several East and South Slavic languages; (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... Motto: none Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Official language(s) Serbian1 Government Republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Formation and independence    - Formation of Serbia 814   - Formation of the Serbian Empire 1345   - Independence from the Ottoman Empire July 13, 1878... Kosovo (known in Albanian as Kosova, in Serbian as Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija, and in English simply as Kosovo) is a province in southern Serbia. ... The Black Drin (Albanian: Drini i Zi, meaning the black deer; Macedonian: Crn Drim) is a river in the Republic of Macedonia and Albania. ...

Radika proper is 52 km long, but measured from the most distant source in its watershed, that of the Crni Kamen river, it is 70 km long.

Origin

The Crni Kamen (Cyrillic: Црни Камен; black stone) springs out from the northern slopes of the Vraca mountain, the southern extension of the Šar mountain, under the Golema Vraca peak (2,582 m). Crni Kamen originally flows westward, through the Gora region, bends around the Vraca and sharply turns to the south and empties into the Serbian-Macedonian border river Ćafa Kadis (Serbian Cyrillic: Ћафа Кадис; Macedonian Цафа Кадис; Albanian: Cafa e Kadis). The Sharr mountains Albanian Malet e Sharrit, Sharr) Å ar mountain (Serbian and Macedonian Шар Планина, Å ar Planina; is a mountain located on the southern border of Serbia and Montenegro (in Kosovo) and the northwest part of Republic of Macedonia. ... Former Gora municipality in Kosovo, marked in blue Gora (Гора) is a geographical region in southern Kosovo, inhabited by the Gorani people. ...

Ćafa Kadis originates from the southern slopes of the Vraca mountain and northern slopes of the Mangulova Kula mountain, another Šar mountain's extension. It flows westwards, on the northern section of the mountain of Ničipurska planina (Brodec peak, still part of the Šar massif) and for several kilometers forms the Serbian-Macedonian border. After it receives the Crni Kamen from the right and another stream coming from Serbia, Ćafa Kadis turns south into the Macedonian proper again and from this point it is known as the Radika.

Upper Radika

Upper Radika is just 8 km long and due to the human managing of its course, it belongs to the Aegean Sea drainage basin, unlike the latter course of the Lower Radika which belongs to the Adriatic Sea drainage basin. It flows to the south between the mountains of Korab to the west and Ničipurska planina to the east. At the village of Volkovija, an artificial bifurcation is created, as the waters of the Upper Radika are conducted into the artificial lake Mavrovo at the village of Mavrovi Anovi and from there, via the Mavrovo system of the hydroelectric power plants, into the Vardar river (in this bifurcational flow, it even receives a tributuary, small stream of Beličica from the right). The Aegean Sea. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... The noun bifurcation (from latin bifurcare, to split (fork) into two), has several related meanings. ... From many points of view, the Gostivar region is divided into several small areas. ... Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is a form of hydropower, (i. ... The Vardar (Macedonian: Вардар; Latin: Axius; Αξιός(Axios) is the ancient and current Greek name of the river) is the longest river in the Republic of Macedonia. ...

Lower Radika

In the lower, 44 km-long section of the course, the Radika continues its general direction to the south. It carved a long and 1 km deep gorge between the mountains of Bistra (on the east) and Korab and Dešat on the west. Appart from several villages (Boletin, Rostuša, Prisojnica, Skudrinje), the monastery of Sveti Jovan Bigorski, the spa of Kosovratska banja (with sulphuric water, hot up to 49 °C) and the unique Alčija cave, formed in alabaster. Alabaster is abundant in the surrounding terrain and it has been extractd and treated for industrial and commercial use in the town of Debar. Bistra is a river in south-western Romania, in the Banat. ... For the chemical element see: sulfur. ... The degree Celsius (°C) is a unit of temperature named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed a similar system in 1742. ... Alabaster (sometimes called satin spar) is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and the calcite (a carbonate of calcium). ... Debar on the map of Republic of Macedonia Debar is a city in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, near the border with Albania, on the road from the city of Struga to the city of Gostivar. ...

After the gorge, the Radika receives its major tributary, the Valovica river from the right and flows on the northern slopes of the Stogovo mountain. After the villages of Dolno Kosovrasti, Dolni Melničani, Gorenci and Rajčica, the Radika empties into the Crni Drim, just south of Debar. Actually, the lowest section of the river is floodbed by the artificial lake Debar on the Crni Drim, becoming one of lake's bays. Stogovo is a mountain in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia. ...

Overall, the Radika belongs to the Adriac Sea drainage basin, drains an area of 665 km² itself and it is not navigable.

The Radika has huge possibilities for the hydroelectric power production, which is partially used in its upper course. Also, the river valley is the natural route for the major road road cin Western Macedonia which connects the depressions of Polog and Ohrid. Polog (aka Polog Valley) is located in north-western part of Republic of Macedonia. ... City moto : Coordinates Municipality : Ohrid municipality Elevation 695 m Population 55 749 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 046 Postal code 6000 Car plates OH Official Website www. ...

References

• Mala Prosvetina Enciklopedija, Third edition (1985); Prosveta; ISBN 86-07-00001-2
• Jovan Đ. Marković (1990): Enciklopedijski geografski leksikon Jugoslavije; Svjetlost-Sarajevo; ISBN 86-01-02651-6