Treska

Treska
View to the Treska in the Poreče Region
Location
Country	North Macedonia
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Vardar
• coordinates	42°00′08″N 21°20′50″E / 42.0022°N 21.3473°E / 42.0022; 21.3473Coordinates: 42°00′08″N 21°20′50″E / 42.0022°N 21.3473°E / 42.0022; 21.3473
Basin features
Progression	Vardar→ Aegean Sea

Matka dam

Kayak track in the River

Lake Matka

Treska (Macedonian: Треска, Albanian: Treskë) is a river in the western part of North Macedonia, a right tributary to Vardar. It is 132 km (82 mi) long, and its basin is 2350 km².^[1]

It rises in the Stogovo mountain at an altitude of around 2000 meters, and flows eastwards through the valley of Kičevo. At Makedonski Brod it turns northwards, flows between the mountains of and , finally flowing into the Vardar in the Skopje suburb Gjorče Petrov.

Three dams have been built on Treska:

• in 1937 the Matka dam and lake near Skopje
• in 2004 the Kozjak dam and lake
• in 2012 the Sveta Petka

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