From the south, Đetinja receives the right tributary of Sušica, coming from the central parts of Zlatibor, and enters the Užice depression, where the town of the same name is located.
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According to the legend which describes how the Đetinja River got its name, the Ottoman Turks in the times when they ruled these lands, once punished the local Užican people by taking their children and brutally throwing them into the river.
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There is also a small hydroelectrical power plant on the Đetinja in Užice, the oldest one in Serbia and Balkan, second oldest in Europe and third oldest in world after Niagara in United States, designed according to Nikola Tesla's principles, built in 1899 and still being in use, but the large hydroelectrical potential of the river is not being used enough.
In local tradition she is described as a cruel queen who threw children from highest tower to dark river Đetinja.
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