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Upper Neretva
Region around the upper course of the Neretva river in Bosnia and Herzegovina / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Upper Neretva (Serbo-Croatian: Gornja Neretva, Горња Неретва), is the upper course of the Neretva river, including vast mountainous area surrounding the Neretva, with numerous human settlements, peaks and forests, numerous streams and well-springs, three major glacial lakes near the river and even more scattered across the mountains of Treskavica and Zelengora, in a wider area of the Upper Neretva with its flora and fauna.
Upper Neretva Горња Неретва/Gornja Neretva | |
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![]() Protected section of the Upper Neretva canyon, Ćepa (1006 m). | |
Etymology | "Nera-Etwa" is Celtic for "Divinity that flows" referring to the Neretva River ; Latin: Narenta, Narona, Naro for English: Narrative, Gurgle. |
Nickname(s) | Nera; Emerald River; Modra rijeka (English: Purple River) |
Location | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Region | South-East Central Bosnia and Herzegovina |
District | Konjic, Kalinovik, Gacko |
City | Konjic |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gredelj |
• location | Lebršnik, South-East Central Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
• elevation | 1,227 m (4,026 ft) |
Mouth | Adriatic |
• location | Ploče, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 90 km (56 mi), EW |
Discharge | |
• average | 34.5 m3/s (1,220 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Dinaric Alps |
Tributaries | |
• left | Jezernica, the Živašnica (also known as the Živanjski Potok), Ladjanica, Župski Krupac, Bukovica, Šištica, Konjička Bijela |
• right | Jezernica (also known as the Tatinac), Gornji i Donji Krupac, Ljuta (also known as the Dindolka), Jesenica, Bjelimićka Rijeka, Slatinica, Račica, Rakitnica, Konjička Ljuta, Trešanica, Neretvica |
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Geographically and historically area has distinct features, while the Neretva is divided into three common hydrological sections: upper, middle and lower.[1]
The Neretva has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams (as higher than 15 meters)[2] and their storage lakes, but it still recognized for its natural beauty,[3] diversity of its landscape and visual attractiveness.[3][4]