Crni Timok
| Crni Timok (Црни Тимок) | |
| River | |
| Country | Serbia |
|---|---|
| Districts | Bor District, Zaječar District |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Radovanska, Suva, Velika, Salešča, Šarbanovačka, Jasenova, Bajnska, Suva |
| - right | Velika Suvaja, Mirovska, Arnauta, Osnička |
| City | Krivi Vir, Lukovo, Jablanica, Valakonje, Savinac, Gamzigrad, Zvezdan |
| Source | |
| - location | Veliki Maljenik, Zaječar District |
| Mouth | |
| - location | Zaječar, Zaječar District |
| - coordinates | 43°55′12″N 22°17′52″E / 43.92000°N 22.29778°ECoordinates: 43°55′12″N 22°17′52″E / 43.92000°N 22.29778°E |
| Length | 84 km (52 mi) |
| Basin | 1,003 km2 (387 sq mi) |
The Crni Timok (Serbian: Црни Тимок; "Black Timok"), also known as Crna reka (Cyrillic: Црна река; "black river") or the Krivovirski Timok River (Cyrillic: Кривовирски Тимок; "Timok of Krivi Vir"), is a headwater of the Timok River.
It originates from the northern side of the Veliki Maljenik mountain, in the Kučaj area of eastern Serbia. It flows near the village of Krivi Vir and continues generally to the north-east, flowing through the Crnorečka kotlina (Cyrillic: Црноречка котлина; "depression of Crna Reka"), populated with many smaller villages (Lukovo, Jablanica, Valakonje, Savinac, Gamzigrad, Zvezdan). At Gamzigrad there is also an important archeological site from Roman times].
After a flow of 84 km, the Crni Timok reaches Zaječar, where it joins the Beli Timok River, forming the Veliki Timok River. It drains an area of 1.003 km².
Early in its course it receives from the right the Radovanska, Suva, Velika, Salešča, Šarbanovačka, Jasenova, Bajnska and Suva rivers and from the left the Velika Suvaja, Mirovska, Arnauta, Osnička. Since most of the right tributaries come from the highly polluted area of the Bor copper mining basin, they pollute the Crni Timok.