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Sopotnica waterfalls (Сопотница); located in the south-western Serbia, near the town of Prijepolje, on the Sopotnica river. Combined height of several cascades is over 20 m (66 ft). Its name is derived from an old Slavic word sopot, meaning strong spring or sudden waterfall. The name is onomatopoeic for the sound of running water falling down the cascades ("murmur", modern Serbian &scaron;apat, "whisper"). The Sopotnica river springs at an altitude of 1,150 m (3,770 ft) and flows down the slopes of the Jadovnik mountain to 465 m (1,526 ft). The waterfall is loud, especially in spring when the snow melts. During winter, the waterfall partially freezes. The falling of the water begins almost right after the source, over the tufa terraces. The highest section is the Veliki Vodopad ("Big Waterfall"), with 20 m (66 ft). There used to be much higher waterfalls, but local residents exploited the tufa stones during history, destroying waterfalls.

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