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Bosna
The Bosna (Bosnian Cyrillic: Босна) is the third longest river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is considered one of the country's three major internal rivers, along with the Neretva and Vrbas Rivers; the other three major rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina are the Una River, to the northwest, the Sava River, to the north, and the Drina River, to the east. The Bosna River flows for 271 kilometers (168 miles). Its name does not have any foreign variations. In the Roman times the river was called the Bosona, and it is thought that this is probably the Illyrian origin of the name Bosna.



Bregava
Bregava is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through the town of Stolac. It is a tributary of the Neretva river.



Badanj Cave
Badanj Cave (Bosnian/Croatian: Badanj Pecina) is a cave near the town of Stolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina. It is famous for its cave paintings dating between 12,000 - 16,000 BCE.


Buna River (Neretva)
The Buna is a short river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, left tributary of the Neretva. Its source (Vrelo Bune), a strong karstic spring, is near the village Blagaj, southeast of Mostar. The Buna flows west for approx. 9 km and joins the Neretva near the village Buna.



Ćehotina River

The Ćehotina (Cyrillic: Ћехотина), also Ćeotina, Ćotina or Čehotina, is the 125 km long river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Hercegovina, the right tributary to the Drina river.


Drina
The Drina (Serbian and Bosnian: Дрина or Drina) is a river in the Balkan Peninsula. A 346 kilometer-long right tributary of the Sava River, it forms most of the border between Bosnia and Hercegovina and Serbia. Its name is derived from the Latin name of the river, Drinus.



Krivaja River
The Krivaja river is a river in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a tributary of the river Bosna. It originates near the town of Olovo flowing through the mountains and reaching the Bosna near the town of Zavidovići. The river is well known for rafting, canoeing and freshwater fishing.


Lašva
Lašva is river in Central Bosnia, BiH, and it's left tributary of river Bosna. Lašva is fusion of two "little Lašva", Karaula Lašva and Komarska Lašva, which are fused in Turbe. After Turbe, Lašva is flowing through Travnik, then through Vitez, and it's draining in river Bosna. Lašva is 49,9 km long.


Lim River
The Lim (Serbian Cyrillic: Лим) is a river flowing through Montenegro, Albania, Serbia and Bosnia and Hercegovina. 220 km long, it's the right and the longest tributary of the Drina.



Mala Usora
Mala Usora (Serbian Cyrillic: Мала Усора River, at ; "Little Usora") is a river in central-northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. At its confluence with the Velika UsoraTeslić, it creates the Usora River.



Miljacka
The Miljacka is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through Sarajevo. It is famous for being "Sarajevo's River", and it has come to be identified immediately with the city itself. The Miljacka is a tributary of the Bosna river. Its spring is in the town of Pale several kilometers to the east of Sarajevo. The Miljacka thus flows from the east to the west.

The Miljacka is known for its peculiar smell and brown waters, but is nonetheless loved by the residents of Sarajevo. Several famous bridges span it, including a bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Eiffel Tower, and the Latin Bridge close to which the infamous assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria by Gavrilo Princip was performed.


Neretva
Neretva is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The total length is 225 km, of which 203 km are in Herzegovina, while the final 22 km are in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia. The upper stream of Neretva has water of Class A purity and is almost certainly the coldest river water in the world, often as low as 7-8 degrees Celsius in the summer months. Neretva also has some endemic and very delicate, fragile life forms that are near extinction.

Neretva originates deep in the Dinaric Alps and flows through them creating a large gorge. It eventually expands into a wide valley which provides valuable agricultural land. There exists a large accumulation lake near Jablanica, created on the Neretva and at least three hydroelectric dams between Jablanica and Mostar. The Bosnian government has recently made serious plans to allow foreign investors to build several more dams in upper stream and destroy the canyon by flooding it. This is protested by environmentalists who wish for the canyon, considered at least as beautiful as the Tara canyon in the nearby Montenegro, to remain untouched as it has so far.

The smaller rivers of Rakitnica, Rama and Trebižat flow into Neretva from the right, while Buna and Bregava flow into it from the left. The last 30 km of Neretva's stream form an alluvial delta, before the river empties into the Adriatic Sea. The biggest city on the Neretva is Mostar. Other towns on the Neretva include Konjic, Metković, Jablanica, Čapljina as well as the historical village of Počitelj. The Old Bridge (also Stari most), a major architectural monument over Neretva in Mostar and a World Heritage Site, was destroyed by Croatian shelling during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 9, 1993. The bridge was rebuilt and the grand opening was held on July 23, 2004.



Pliva River
Pliva is a river in Bosnia which flows through the town Jajce and into making a 20m high waterfall for which the town Jajce is famous for.Vrbas The source of the Pliva river is near the city of Sipovo, and the source of the river is situated in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina while the waterfall and the end of the Pliva river is situated in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pliva river is a small river which flows into the Vrbas river which on its way north flows into the Sava river. The river flows through the communities Sipovo and Jezero before it reaches the city Jajce where it meets with the river Vrbas. The Pliva river is famous for its clean water, particularly near the source in the mountains and there are many fishes in the river which makes the river an attraction to fishermen, both in Bosnia and Herzegovina but also in the region.


Sava River
The Sava (Bosnian, Croatian, Slovenian: Sava; Serbian: Сава, Sava; German: Save, Sau; Hungarian: SzávaDanube at ) is a river in Europe, a right side tributary of Belgrade. It is 945 km long and drains 95,719 km² of surface area. It flows through four states: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (making its northern border) and Serbia.




Trebišnjica River

The Trebišnjica (Serbian: Требишњица), is a river in Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro and Croatia. It is a sinking river, 98 km long above the ground. With a total length of 187 km above and under the ground, it is one of the longest sinking rivers in the world.


Una River
Una
is a river in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina; in its lower course it borders Croatia. Una is a right tributary of the Sava river. Its river basin has an area of is 10,400 km² and it is inhabited by around a million people.


Una springs from the northeastern slopes of the Stražbenica mountain, and flows through: Martinbrod, Kulen Vakuf, Ripac, Bihać, Bosanska Krupa, Bosanska Otoka, Novi Grad (Bosanski Novi), Kostajnica (Srpska(Bosanska) and Hrvatska), Kozarska Dubica ((Bosanska Dubica)). It flows into the Sava River near Jasenovac in Croatia. The main tributaries are the Unac, Sana, Klokot and Krušnica rivers.

Over 170 types of medicinal herbs grow by the Una River; a rare plant called Campanula unensis, the Una blue-bell, was named after the Una river's bright blue colors. 28 kinds of fish live in this river and the biggest of which is the huchen.



Usora River
Usora (Serbian Cyrillic: Усора and ) is a river in central-northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It bigins at the confluence of two smaller Usora rivers, Mala UsoraVelika Usora, at the town of Teslić. Usora runs for some 20 km northeast of Teslić, and becomes a left tributary of the Bosna River, south of Doboj.



Uvac
The Uvac (Serbian Cyrillic: Увац) is the river in southwestern Serbia and Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 119 km long right and major tributary of the Lim, loosely making the northern border of the Sandžak/Raška region. Before it empties into the Lim, for a 10 kilometers it forms the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Hercegovina.




Velika Usora

Velika Usora (Serbian Cyrillic: Велика Усора River, at ; "Great Usora") is a river in central-northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. At its confluence with the Mala UsoraTeslić, it creates the Usora River.



Vrbas River
The Vrbas (Serbian Cyrillic: Врбас) is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a right tributary of the river Sava. The town of Banja Luka, the de facto capital of the Republika Srpska (Serb Republic), is located on the river banks.

It lent its name to one of the provinces (banovinas) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Vrbas Banovina. Rafting on the Vrbas is an underappreciated local tourist attraction.



Vrelo Bosne
Vrelo Bosne is a spring in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the source of the river Bosna, and one of the country's top natural landmarks. Vrelo Bosne is found on the outskirts of Sarajevo, near the suburb of Ilidža. One of the most famous scenes of natural beauty in the region, it is ironically located in Sarajevo's metro area.

After lack of maintenance during much of the 1990s, a giant revitalization project was launched in the year 2000. Local teenagers were led by international ecological organizations in the clean-up. By the end of the year, Vrelo Bosne was back to its former glory.

Today Vrelo Bosne is a thriving tourist attraction, both from foreigners visiting Sarajevo and from locals who wish to enjoy the nature. It consists of a number of small islands connected by bridges over the various little streams. A number of animals are kept in the park as well, such as ducks and swans. There are also numerous minor attractions in the park, such as horse rides, picnic sites and restaurants.

 

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