Ranča Planina locally known as Ranče

is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

in central

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, in the municipality of

Travnik Travnik is a town and a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the administrative center of Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, west of Sarajevo. As of 20 ...

Dobretići Dobretići ( sr-cyrl, Добретићи) is a village and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the youngest and smallest municipalities in Bos ...

and

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. The territory of Dobretići is almost entirely on the mountain (formerly with about 20

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villages and hamlets).

Geography

Under the northeastern slopes of Ranča flows Ugar, along which there is a narrow valley

Pougarje The Ugar ( sr-cyrl, Угар, known as the ''Brzica'' until 1878) is a river of Bosnia, a tributary of the Vrbas river. It originates at the slopes of Vlašić, upstream of Sažići and Melina villages (at around of 1590 meters above sea level ...

. It is exposed to the steep slopes Korićani’s Rocks and of Ugarske stijene (Ugar’s Rocks), i.e. the mouths of

Ilomska Ilomska is right tributary of the Ugar river in (Bosnia). It is about in length, and its source is Vlašić Mountain. It is an essential body of water for surrounding wildlife. Ilomska flows between the Žežnička Greda (altitude ) and Javor ...

and Kobilja. The main ridge is mild and has the character of a

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, the highest peaks are :
From north to south : * Ober or Hober (1230 m) in the north, *Križ (1208 m), *Gola Glavica (meaning ''Naked head'', 1255 m), *Suhi vrh (meaning ''Dry peak'', 1430 m). Further south, in the area of Kik the bare mountain peaks are : *Zastijenje (1372 m) *Vitorog (1478 m) *Kik (1454 m)

Flora and fauna

The Ranča is rich in mixed

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- coniferous forest communities, which are interspersed with mountain

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s. In the woods lives typical game for this type of

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s, among others:

bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the N ...

wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...

fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelv ...

wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is ...

badger Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets). Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united ...

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et al.

History

In 1893 construction of the

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Turbe- Gostilj- Jasik-

Kik KiK, legally ''KiK Textilien und Non-Food GmbH'', is a German clothing discount store chain headquartered in Bönen. Overview KiK was founded in 1994 by Stefan Heinig and the holding company Tengelmann Group. ''KiK'' is an acronym for ( en, T ...

above Zubovići began. It was in use until

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. Janko Duič
Ranče planina i Pougarje. Naše planine.
1978, number 3-4.

References

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