The Sitnica originates from the Sazli pond in the village of
Sazli, north of the town of Ferizaj, and it is initially called the Sazlia river itself. The Sitnica flows generally to the north, as the main river in the
Kosovo Field, on the western slopes of the
Žegovac mountain (from which it receives the right tributary of
Žegovska river, south of
Lipjan), next to the villages of Muhadžer Talinovac, Muhadžer Babuš, Robovce (where it receives the tributary of
Shtime river from the left), Topličane, Gracko, Mali Alaš and the town of
Lipjan. The river continues to the north between the villages Suvi Do, Skulanovo, Radevo and Batuse, as it enters the Kosovo coal basin (with the major mine, Dobri Do, right on the river), west of the provincial capital of
Pristina. This is an area where the Sitnica receives some of its most important tributaries: the highly polluted Gračanka and Prištevka from the right, and the
Drenica from the Drenica depression, from the left. The river passes west of the Pristina suburbs of
Kosovo Polje and
Obiliq and the village of
Plemetina, between the mountain of
Čičavica on the west, and the northernmost slopes of the
Kopaonik mountain, on the east. The Sitnica leaves the coal basin as the most polluted river in the area, especially notorious for its highly toxic
phenol spills, which pollutes not only the Sitnica, but also the downstream Ibar and
West Morava rivers. The Sitnica continues to the northwest, next to the villages of
Prilužje, Mijalić, Reka (where it receives its major tributary, the
Llapi from the right) Pestovo (where it receives another right tributary, the
Slakovačka river), the town of
Vushtrri, Senjak,
Veliki Kičić and Malo Kičiće, emptying into the Ibar as its right tributary at Mitrovica, with an average discharge of 9,5 m3/s. Because of the relatively small inclination in its drainage basin (altitudes of on its outflow from the Sazli and on its confluence into the Ibar), the Sitnica meanders a lot. Many meanders have been cut through and dried out, so a curiosity is the long, nine-pillar Vojnovića bridge above the dry river bed, near Vushtrri. == Gallery ==