The Gruža is a river in central Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. The river is a 77 km long left tributary to the Zapadna Morava

Zapadna Morava

West Morava , is a river in central Serbia, a 308 km-long longer headstream of the Great Morava, which it forms with the South Morava.- Origin :...

The Gruža originates in the central part of the Rudnik

Rudnik

Rudnik is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Gornji Milanovac. Its highest peak Cvijićev vrh, named after geologist and biologist Jovan Cvijić, has an altitude of 1132 meters above sea level...

 mountain, right under the mountain's main settlement, the village of Rudnik

Rudnik

Rudnik is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Gornji Milanovac. Its highest peak Cvijićev vrh, named after geologist and biologist Jovan Cvijić, has an altitude of 1132 meters above sea level...

, northeast of the town of Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.012691° North, 20.273572° East. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" while Milanovac stems from name "Milan" in the Serbian language. The population of town is 24,048.The city was founded in 1853...

, central Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. The river flows south next to the village of Majdan

Majdan

Majdan is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Novi Kneževac municipality, in the North Banat District, Vojvodina province...

, around the Rudnik

Rudnik

Rudnik is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Gornji Milanovac. Its highest peak Cvijićev vrh, named after geologist and biologist Jovan Cvijić, has an altitude of 1132 meters above sea level...

 mountain into the Takovo

Takovo

Takovo is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. It has a population of about 500.The Second Serbian Uprising under the leadership of Miloš Obrenović started in this village.- External links :*...

 region and at the village of Nevade

Nevade

Nevade is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 549 people....

, just few kilometers away from Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac

Gornji Milanovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 44.012691° North, 20.273572° East. Its name means "Upper Milanovac" while Milanovac stems from name "Milan" in the Serbian language. The population of town is 24,048.The city was founded in 1853...

, makes a sharp turn to the east.

After the villages of Vraćevšnica

Vraćevšnica

Vraćevšnica is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 150 people....

 and Ljuljaci

Ljuljaci

Ljuljaci is a village located in the Knić municipality in the Šumadija District, Serbia. According to the 2002 census there was 369 people inhabiting the village, in 1991 the number was 475....

, the Gruža turns south into the Gruža region, a direction it will generally follow for the rest of its course. After the villages of Oplanić

Oplanić

Oplanić is a village situated in Knić municipality in Serbia....

 and Dragušnica, the river enters the depression of Gruža, a main part of its valley, situated between the mountains of Kotlenik

Kotlenik

Kotlenik is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Kraljevo. Its highest peak Veliki vrh has an altitude of 749 meters above sea level.-External links:*, Staze i Bogaze....

 (on the west) and Gledićke planine (on the east). Near the Gruža

Gruža

The Gruža is a river in central Serbia. The river is a 77 km long left tributary to the Zapadna MoravaThe Gruža originates in the central part of the Rudnik mountain, right under the mountain's main settlement, the village of Rudnik, northeast of the town of Gornji Milanovac, central Serbia...

 village, the river is dammed, creating artificial Gruža lake, with a bridge over the middle of the reservoir.

The Gruža receives the left tributary of Kotlenjača and continues to the south next to the villages of Balosave

Balosave

Balosave is a village situated in Knić municipality in Serbia....

, Guberevac

Guberevac

Guberevac is a village in the municipality of Sopot, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 646 people....

, Itkovac, Milavčić and Vitanovac

Vitanovac

Vitanovac is a village situated in Kraljevo municipality in Serbia....

, before it enters the West Pomoravlje

Pomoravlje

Pomoravlje may refer to:* Pomoravlje , a geographical area around the Morava river, Serbia* Pomoravlje District, a district in Serbia...

 region and empties into the Zapadna Morava

Zapadna Morava

West Morava , is a river in central Serbia, a 308 km-long longer headstream of the Great Morava, which it forms with the South Morava.- Origin :...

 near the village of Čukojevac

Čukojevac

Čukojevac is a village in the municipality of Kraljevo, western-central Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1204 people.-References:...

.

The Gruža drains and area of 622 km², belongs to the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...

 drainage basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

and it is not navigable.