The Jablanica (, ) is an river in southern Serbia. A left tributary of the South (or Juà ¾na) Morava river, it gives its name to the region of Jablanica and to modern Serbia's Jablanica District, with the region contributing about one third of the district's area.
The Jablanica originates from the Goljak mountain, near the village of Grbavce, MedveÃÂa. The area is rich in thermal springs, so several spas are located near the river: Stara Banja, Ravna Banja and Sijarina with popular Sijarinska Banja. At the village of MaÃÂedonce Retkocersko, the Jablanica receives the left tributary ÃÂokotinska reka (Cyrillic: çþúþÃÂøýÃÂúð ÃÂõúð), turns southeast and the region of Jablanica begins from that point.
The upper Jablanica region is made of narrow river valley on the southern slopes of the Majdan and Radan mountains, in the westernmost corner of Jablanica District and near the border of the District of Prià ¡tina in Kosovo. The river flows eastward, passing regional center of MedveÃÂa and the villages of Rujkovac and à  ilovo, before reaching the town of Lebane where the Jablanica enters the lower part of its valley and flows for the next 48 km in the low Field of Leskovac, part of the depression of Leskovac, which itself is part of the composite valley of the Juà ¾na Morava. In the region, near Lebane, a famed archeological find of Justiniana Prima (CariÃÂin grad) is located.
The Jablanica flows next to the villages of à ½deglovo, Vranovce, Boà ¡njace, Turekovac and Stopanje, reaches Vinarce, the northern suburb of the city of Leskovac, and turns north. First it flows parallel to the Veternica river, to which it is connected by a canal at the village of Zaluà ¾nje, then parallel to the Juà ¾na Morava. After the villages of Dupljane and PeÃÂenjevce, it turns east and flows into the Juà ¾na Morava. From PeÃÂenjevce, a parallel flow (canal) begins, connecting the Jablanica and Toplica rivers, some 15 km to the north.
Through Juà ¾na Morava, the Jablanica belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin, draining an area of itself. It is not navigable and has an average discharge of 6 m<sup>3</sup>/s, which in rainy years grows much higher, so the river floods its valley, causing much material damage. The name of the river, Jablanica, in Serbian means the Poplar river.