The Jarčina is a system of rivers and canals in the Srem

Syrmia

Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....

 region of Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

 province of Serbia

Serbia

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 with a total length of 53 km, which empties into the Sava river. The system includes the Međeš river-Jarčina Galovica canal-Progarska Jarčina course.

Međeš

The upper section of the system is the natural flow of the 27 km-long Međeš river. It originates from the Iriški Venac peak on the eastern slopes of the Fruška Gora

Fruška Gora

Fruška Gora is a mountain in north Syrmia. Most part of the territory is located within Vojvodina, Serbia, but a smaller part on its western side overlaps the territory of Croatia...

 mountain, at an altitude of 480 m. The Međeš flows to the south, next to the Grgeteg

Grgeteg monastery

The Grgeteg Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was founded by Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk in 1471...

 monastery and the villages of Šatrinci, Dobrodol and Žarkovac and receives many smaller streams flowing down from the Fruška Gora. At the village of Putinci

Putinci

Putinci is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Ruma municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 3,244 people .-External links:*...

, the river makes a small elbow turn and at the village of Donji Petrovci

Donji Petrovci

Donji Petrovci is a village in Serbia. It is situated in Ruma municipality, Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 991 people...

, receives the Šelovrnac river from the right and enters the channeled section of its flow, at an altitude of 90 m.

Jarčina-Galovica

Initially, the canal splits in two direction, the Jarkovačka Jarčina and Jarčina-Galovica canals. The former flows to the west into the Sava river at the village of Jarak

Jarak

Jarak is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,235 people .-Name:...

, east of the town of Sremska Mitrovica

Sremska Mitrovica

Sremska Mitrovica is a city and municipality located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia, on the left bank of the Sava river. As of 2002 the town had a total population of 39,041, while Sremska Mitrovica municipality had a population of 85,605...

. The latter continues to the south for 4 km , next to the villages of Popinci

Popinci

Popinci is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Pećinci municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,360 people .-See also:*List of places in Serbia...

 before it crosses the Galovica canal at the village of Prhovo

Prhovo

Prhovo is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Pećinci municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 813 people .-See also:*List of places in Serbia...

.

Progarska Jarčina

From that point, the 22 km-long canal is known as the Progarska Jarčina. It receives the Krivaja river from the left and at the village of Ašanja

Ašanja

Ašanja is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Pećinci municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,488 people .-See also:*List of places in Serbia...

, north of the Obedska bara bog, the canal turns east and leaves Vojvodina and enters the Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

 City area, where it empties into the Sava at the village of Progar

Progar

Progar is a suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Surčin.- Location :...

 (municipality of Surčin

Surcin

Surčin is a neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is the youngest of Belgrade's 17 municipalities, as it split from the municipality of Zemun in 2003. Surčin municipality has 38,695 residents while Surčin town itself has 14,292...

), at an altitude of 70 m. In this section, the canal flows through the Podlužje

Podlužje

Podlužje is a small geographical region in Serbia. It is located in south-eastern Syrmia. The western part of Podlužje belong to the autonomous province of Vojvodina, and the eastern part belongs to the city of Belgrade...

 sub-region of the region of Srem

Syrmia

Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....

, next to the Živača lake and swamp, used for the Boljevci

Boljevci

Boljevci is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Surčin.- Location :...

 fish pond

Fish pond

A fish pond, or fishpond, is a controlled pond, artificial lake, or reservoir that is stocked with fish and is used in aquaculture for fish farming, or is used for recreational fishing or for ornamental purposes...

. The canal also marks the western border of the Belgrade's marshy forest of Bojčinska šuma.