Južna Morava

South Morava (Јужна Морава/Južna Morava)
The river Južna Morava (Southern Morava) near Niš
Country	Macedonia  Kosovo  Serbia  Bulgaria
Physical characteristics
Main source	Near Skopska Crna Gora in Macedonia
River mouth	with the West Morava forms the Great Morava at Stalać, Serbia 43°41′57″N 21°24′18″E / 43.69917°N 21.40500°E / 43.69917; 21.40500Coordinates: 43°41′57″N 21°24′18″E / 43.69917°N 21.40500°E / 43.69917; 21.40500
Length	295 km (183 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 100 m3/s (3,500 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Great Morava→ Danube→ Black Sea
Basin size	15,696 km2 (6,060 sq mi)

South Morava or in the past Bulgarian Morava (Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic: Јужна Морава, Serbian Latin: Južna Morava, pronounced [jûːʒnaː mɔ̝̌rav̞a]; Albanian: Lumi Morava; Bulgarian: Българска Морава, Balgarska Morava) is a river in eastern Kosovo and in southern Serbia, which represents the shorter headwater of Great Morava. Today, it is 295 km long, including its source river Binačka Morava. It flows generally in the south to north direction, from Macedonian border to Kosovo and onwards to Central Serbia, where it meets West Morava at Stalać, to create Great Morava.

The river rises in the Skopska Crna Gora mountain in Macedonia, north Skopje. Streams of Ključevska reka and Slatinska reka join together to form the river Golema, which is, after passing the Macedonian-Serbian border, known as Binačka Morava. After 49 km it meets Preševska Moravica at Bujanovac, and for the remaining of 246 km flows as South Morava.

South Morava belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin, and its own drainage area is 15,696 km², out of which 1,237 is in Bulgaria (through its right tributary Nišava). Its average discharge at the mouth is 100 m³/s and it is not navigable.