Bârzava River (Timiș)

Bârzava Brzava (Брзава)
River
The Brzava River near Konak, Serbia
Countries	Romania, Serbia
Regions	Caraș-Severin, Timiș, Vojvodina
Towns	Reșița, Bocșa
Source
- location	Semenic Mountains, Romania
Mouth	Timiș/Tamiš
- location	near Botoš, Serbia
- coordinates	45°17′59″N 20°38′46″E / 45.29972°N 20.64611°E / 45.29972; 20.64611Coordinates: 45°17′59″N 20°38′46″E / 45.29972°N 20.64611°E / 45.29972; 20.64611
Length	166 km (103 mi)
Basin	1,190 km2 (459 sq mi)
Progression	Timiș→ Danube→ Black Sea

The Bârzava (Romanian: Bârzava, Serbian: Brzava or Брзава) is a river in Romania and Serbia. The Bârzava is 166 km long, has a drainage area of 1,190 km² (part of the Black Sea drainage basin) and flows into the river Timiș (Tamiš).

The river name is of Slavic origin and means "the quick river" in Slavic languages. Bârzava name had been also given to a commune in Arad, and a village in Harghita.

The Bârzava springs out in the Semenic Mountains part of the Carpathian Mountains, western Romania, east of the city of Reșița. The river runs to the northeast, close to the Piatra Goznei peak and through the village of Vâliug, reaching the northernmost part of the Semenic mountains, where it turns to the northwest. It runs through the cities of Reșița and Bocșa the largest settlements on its course, and continues next to the villages of Berzovia, and Șoșdea, where the Bârzava leaves the mountain region of Banat for the lower western plain. This is also where the river turns to the southwest, spills in several parallel streams and flows next to the villages of Sculia, Gătaia, Sângeorge, Rovinița Mare and Denta. From this point, until its confluence into the Tamiš, the Bârzava's river bed is channeled. After it flows next to the village of Partoș, it forms the Romanian-Serbian border for a few kilometers and after the course of 127km through Romania, the Bârzava enters the Serbian province of Vojvodina near the hamlet of Markovićevo.