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Part 1. Catchment erosion and management</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Water regime variability of selected rivers on the Balkan peninsula: a comparative study of central Serbia and northern region of Montenegro</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Milanović Pešić</surname><given-names>Ana</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Djure Jakšića 9, 11000, Belgrade</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">a.milanovic@gi.sanu.ac.rs</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Jakovljević</surname><given-names>Dejana</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Djure Jakšića 9, 11000, Belgrade</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ćulafić</surname><given-names>Golub</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>IV Proleterske 19, 81000 Podgorica</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Milivojević</surname><given-names>Milovan</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Djure Jakšića 9, 11000, Belgrade</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="en">Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts<country>Serbia</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="en">Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology<country>Montenegro</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>15</day><month>01</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>35</fpage><lpage>43</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Milanović Pešić A., Jakovljević D., Ćulafić G., Milivojević M., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Milanović Pešić A., Jakovljević D., Ćulafić G., Milivojević M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Milanović Pešić A., Jakovljević D., Ćulafić G., Milivojević M.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/3831">https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/3831</self-uri><abstract><p>River discharge and its variations are often the subject of research from different aspects. This study aims to examine the discharge variability of selected rivers in central Serbia and the northern part of Montenegro, which belong to the Danube River basin (Black Sea Drainage basin). In general, all these rivers have uneven water regimes, a large share of evaporation in the water balance during the year, and very low values in discharges in the summer. In this regard, an analysis of mean annual and monthly discharge changes in ten hydrological stations from nine rivers in the 1961–2020 period was made. By using the t-test, a comparison of two 30-year periods (1961–1990 and 1991–2020) was made to examine if there were significant changes in the discharges. The obtained results indicate that in all rivers, annual discharge decreased in the second period compared to the earlier one, and a statistically significant decrease is recorded in 3 rivers, Lepenica, Lugomir and Lim. Changes in monthly discharges between the two 30-year periods are statistically very significant in the summer period in the selected rivers of Montenegro. In contrast they are not statistically significant in selected rivers of Serbia, with several exceptions in spring and autumn. The obtained results indicate mainly a statistically significant discharge decreasing in the second period, which is primarily correlated with a significant increase in air temperature. As discharge changes influence water resource management, the results obtained in this study are important for decision-makers.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>discharge variability</kwd><kwd>air temperature</kwd><kwd>precipitation</kwd><kwd>t-test</kwd><kwd>Serbia</kwd><kwd>Montenegro</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement>This study was supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia (Contract No. 451-03-66/2024-03/200172).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Balistrocchi M., Tomirotti M., Muraca A., and Ranzi R. (2021). Hydroclimatic variability and land Cover transformations in the Central Italian Alps. Water, 13, 963, DOI: 10.3390/w13070963</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Balistrocchi M., Tomirotti M., Muraca A., and Ranzi R. 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