page_title: Kriva River (Pčinja)
section_title: Geography and Tributaries
hierarchical_section_title: Kriva River (Pčinja) / Geography and Tributaries
caption_attribution_description: English: Kriva Reka river flowing through town of Kriva palanka
context_page_description: The Kriva River is a 75 km long river in northeastern Macedonia, and the biggest left tributary of the Pčinja River.
  The name Kriva Reka means "Curved River" in Macedonian.
context_section_description: The river rises at the northeastern slopes of Osogovo Mountain below the peak Carev vrh (2,085 m), at an altitude of 1,932 m. On the mouth close to village Klečevce river flows at an altitude of 294 m. From the spring to the first tributary of the Kiselička reka  (about 18 km from the source), the river flows northwest, then turns sharply to the southwest.
  The major tributaries of the Kriva Reka, are: Kiselicka reka, Gaberska reka, Raska reka, Rankovecka reka, Vetunicka reka, Drzava (or Rudjinska drzava), Zivusa, Duracka reka, Kratovska reka, Povisnica and Vrlej. It belongs to the Aegean sea drainage basin. 
   
  Kriva reka drains an area of around 1,002 km²
caption: Kriva Reka river flowing through the town of Kriva Palanka
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