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Bioštica (Sturba)
The Bioštica ( sr-cyrl, Биоштица) is a small river in central-northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bioštica meets the Stupčanica at the small town of Olovo Olovo ( sr-cyrl, Олово) is a town and municipality located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated about 50 kilometers northeast of the capital city of Sara .... It is the main, left tributary of the Krivaja River. Part of the Bioštica river canyon, " Zeleni Vir", is a protected natural monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From confluence with the Kaljina river, the Bioštica runs toward Olovo for the next . References Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Krivaja (Bosna) Olovo Municipality Sokolac Romanija plateau {{BosniaHerzegovina-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knežina, Sokolac
Knežina ( sr-cyr, Кнежина) is a village in the municipality of Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. History In 1991 the area was incorporated into the SAO Romanija, a Serb-established autonomous province, which later merged with other SAOs to form Republika Srpska in 1992. The present-day settlement of Kadića Brdo was historically a hamlet (''zaseok'') of Knežina. Demographic history According to the 1991 census, the village had 465 inhabitants, out of whom 289 were Muslims (Bosniaks) (62,15%), 170 Serbs (36,56%). Notable people * Halid Bešlić Halid Bešlić (; born 20 November 1953) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian folk music, folk singer and musician who has been performing professionally since 1979. Bešlić's singing career was one of the most successful in SFR Yugoslavia, Yugo ..., Bosnian folk singer References Populated places in Sokolac Romanija plateau {{Sokolac-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest, with a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the south. Bosnia (region), Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. Its geography is largely mountainous, particularly in the central and eastern regions, which are dominated by the Dinaric Alps. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern region, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city. The area has been inhabited since at least the Upper Paleolithic, with permanent human settlement traced to the Neolithic cultures of Butmir culture, Butmir, Kakanj culture, Kakanj, and Vučedol culture, Vučedol. After the arrival of the first Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-Europeans, the area was populated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Landscape
IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part of a strategy being used toward the conservation of the world's natural environment and biodiversity. The IUCN has developed the protected area management categories system to define, record and classify the wide variety of specific aims and concerns when categorising protected areas and their objectives. Further supplementary guidelines have been developed specific to marine protected areas (MPAs). This categorisation method is recognised on a global scale by national governments and international bodies such as the United Nations and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Categories Category Ia – strict nature reserve A strict nature reserve (IUCN Category Ia) is an area which is protected from all but light human use in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krivaja (Bosna)
The Krivaja ( sr-cyrl, Криваја) is a river in central-northern parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a right tributary of the Bosna (river), Bosna River. Its source is confluence of the Stupčanica and the Bioštica rivers at the western outskirts of town of Olovo. From there the Krivaja flows through the scenic gorge between mountains of Zvijezda (mountain near Vareš), Zvijezda and Konjuh (mountain), with lot of small mountain streams and small rivers inflow from both sides. Finally, the Krivaja meets the Bosna (river), Bosna River in the vicinity of town of Zavidovići. The river is well known for rafting, canoeing and freshwater fishing. The Krivaja basin is known for an abundant ichthyo-fauna, rich in species, some of which are critically endangered, such as hucho (also known as ''Danube Salmon'' or ''Danube Taimen'') (Lat. ''Hucho hucho''). All the Krivaja tributaries and especially its headwaters are important spawning grounds for both Danube Taimen and its prey, Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olovo
Olovo ( sr-cyrl, Олово) is a town and municipality located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated about 50 kilometers northeast of the capital city of Sarajevo and is located on the road between Sarajevo and Tuzla. History The town Olovo was first mentioned in the year 1382 under the name "Plumbum" (Latin for lead). The word ''olovo'' in Bosnian means ''lead'', and the name was given to the town for its well-known lead ore deposits. Olovo stands on the Sarajevo–Tuzla highway M18, and is located 50 km northeast of Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital city of Sarajevo. Olovo is located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton. Recently, there have been attempts to make Olovo part of the Sarajevo Canton; however, the town remains within the Zenica-Doboj Canto Middle Ages Since the Middle Ages, the town has been well known for its lead ore deposits, and Olovo was a mining town during medieval Bosnian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokolac
Sokolac ( sr-Cyrl, Соколац) is a town and municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 12,021 inhabitants, while the town of Sokolac has a population of 5,919 inhabitants. History Bosnian War On the 22 September 1992, the Army of Republika Srpska committed a massacre of 45 Bosniak civilians (44 male, one female) from the neighboring villages of Novoseoci and Pavičići in the villages of Novoseoci, Sokolac municipality, and Ivan Polje landfill on the way to Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Members of the VRS killed a woman in the village, then transported 44 men and boys to the Ivan Polje landfill, where they shot them dead. Exhumation at the landfill revealed additional eight victims from Han Stjenica, Rogatica municipality. Demographics Population Ethnic composition Economy Sokolac is an important intersection for regional transport routes. The roads that intersect in Sok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosna (river)
The Bosna ( sr-Cyrl, 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 the Vrbas (river), Vrbas. The other three major rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina are the Una (Sava), Una, to the northwest; the Sava, to the north, and the Drina, to the east. This river is the namesake of Bosnia. The river Bosna flows for . The river is possibly mentioned for the first time during the 1st century AD by Roman historian Marcus Velleius Paterculus under the name ''Bathinus flumen''. Another basic source that is associated with the hydronym ''Bathinus'' is the Salona, Salonitan inscription of the governor of Dalmatia, Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10), Publius Cornelius Dolabella, where it is said that the ''Bathinum'' river divides the Breuci from the Osseriates. Another name could also have beeBasante According to philologist Anton Mayer, the name ''Bosna'' could be derived f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stupčanica
The Stupčanica ( sr-cyrl, Ступчаница) is a small river in central-northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th .... The Stupčanica meets with the Bioštica at the small town of Olovo, and with the Bioštica it makes a pair of the Krivaja source headwaters and its right tributary. The Stupčanica river canyon, '' Čude Canyon'', is a protected natural monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Rezervat prirodnih predjela Zakon o zaštiti prirode BiH, ("Službeni list SR BiH", broj: 4/65, od 5. februara 1965. godine) References Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Krivaja (Bosna) {{BosniaHerzegovina-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeleni Vir
Zeleni () is a rural locality (a village) in Novoalexandrovskoye Rural Settlement, Suzdalsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 119 as of 2010. There are 16 streets. Geography Zeleni is located 43 km southwest of Suzdal Suzdal (, ) is a Types of inhabited localities in Russia, town that serves as the administrative center of Suzdalsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, which is located along the Kamenka tributary of the Nerl (Klyazma), Nerl River, north o ... (the district's administrative centre) by road. Maslenka is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Suzdalsky District Vladimirsky Uyezd {{Suzdalsky-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaljina (river)
The Kaljina is a river in the central-northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, municipality of Sokolac. The source of the river is on Ozren Sarajevski, in the area of "Vrela" near Ozren village, while the majority of its course runs across Nišići karst plateau, where the river passes through a village with a same name, Kaljina, which is the largest settlement on its course. After about 26 kilometers of scenic flow from source to confluence, through the pristine nature of the plateau, the Kaljina meets Bioštica near the town of Olovo. The Krivaja basin is known for an abundant fish fauna, rich in species, some of which are critically endangered, such as Danube Salmon (or Danube Taimen) ''(Hucho hucho)''. All the Krivaja tributaries and especially its headwaters are important spawning grounds for both Danube Taimen and its prey, Common nase (Chondrostoma nasus) and Grayling (Thymallus thymallus). The Kaljina, its parent the Bioštica, and the Stupčanica are the main sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
This is a list of rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered alphabetically. Draining into the Black Sea * Glina ( right tributary to Kupa) ** Glinica (right tributary) *** Bojna *** Bužimica ** Kladušnica ( right tributary in Velika Kladuša) * Korana (right tributary to Kupa) ** Mutnica (Korana) (right tributary) * Sava (right tributary of the Danube) ** Bosna (right tributary) *** Babina rijeka (right tributary near/in Zenica) *** Fojnička rijeka ( left tributary) **** Lepenica (Fojnička rijeka) (left tributary) ***** Bijela rijeka (Lepenica) (right tributary near Kreševo) ***** Crna rijeka (Lepenica) (right tributary near Kreševo) ***** Kreševka (right tributary in Kreševo) **** Željeznica (Fojnička rijeka) (right tributary) ***** Dragača (left tributary in Fojnica) *** Goruša (right tributary in Visoko) *** Krivaja (right tributary in Zavidovići) **** Stupčanica (source of the Krivaja (in confluence with the Bioštica) and right tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
