Zeta (river)

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The Zeta ( Serbian Cyrillic Зета ) is a 86 km long river in Montenegro. It springs from a karstic spring near Nikšić in the west of the country and then flows in a southeasterly direction to the capital Podgorica, where it flows into the Morača, the largest tributary it is.

At its meandering course through the zeta level (also Bjelopavlićko level) is the town of Danilovgrad. The plain is fertile and therefore important for the agriculture of the mostly very mountainous country. It has always had great strategic importance; the Romans laid here on a paved road and several settlements. Shortly before the opening of the Zeta in the Morača located near the river, the ruins of the ancient city of Duklja.

The Principality of Zeta, which is considered as the nucleus of the later state of Montenegro, the river is named. Similarly, a Banovina was named during the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after the river or the former Principality so.

• Buna river system ( Adriatic Sea )
• River in Europe
• River in Montenegro