The Golijska Moravica or simply Moravica ( or ) is a river in western Serbia. With a length of 98 km, it is the longer headstream of the West Morava (the name it takes at its confluence with the ÃÂetinja), and thus, of the Great Morava. Its name, Moravica, means "little Morava" in Serbian, and it also gives its name to the surrounding region and the modern Moravica District of Serbia.
The Golijska Moravica originates from the western slopes of the Golija mountain and flows straight to the north, between the Golija and Javor mountains, through the Stari Vlah region. Even though the area in the lower course is sparsely populated, there are many hamlets on the river, characteristically organized in clusters. More important are the villages of SakoviÃÂi, GazdoviÃÂi, Kumanica, MeÃÂureÃÂje (where it receives the Noà ¡nica from the left) and ÃÂitluk.
The Golijska Morava enters the Ivanjica depression, located between the mountains of ÃÂemerno on the east, and MuÃÂanj on the west. This is where it receives the LuÃÂka reka from the right and GraboviÃÂka reka from the left and flows through the town of Ivanjica, its suburbs of Bedina Varoà ¡ and à  ume, the satellite earth station of Prilike and the village of Dubrava. At the end of the depression, the Golijska Moravica passes next to the monastery of Sveti ArhanÃÂeli, as it continues to the north.
From Ivanjica depression, the Golijska Moravica flows into the Arilje depression, located between the mountains of Golubac (on the east) and Blagaja (on the west), where it receives the Treà ¡njevica river from the right (at the village of Treà ¡njevica's hamlet of Divljaka), and its major tributary, the Rzav from the right, near the town of Arilje, which itself used to be called Moravica in medieval period.
South of Arilje is a micro hydro Brusnik with small reservoir. In 2020, construction of the facility caused erosion of the river bank, which after heavy rains resulted in change of Moravica's route and damage to the Poà ¾ega-Ivanjica road which collapsed. In August 2022, the water and sludge from the reservoir were discharged without a warning, causing a tall tidal wave at Divljaka and massive fish kill.
In the final section, the Golijska Morava reaches the Taà ¡ti field, located between the mountains of Blagaja, Krstac and Crnokosa, east of the town of Poà ¾ega. Near the village of PilatoviÃÂi, the Golijska Morava meets the ÃÂetinja and together they form the West Morava, longer headwater of the Great Morava.
The Golijska Moravica drains an area of , belongs to the Black Sea drainage area and it is not navigable. The river's potential for power production is not used.