Popovo Polje

Popovo Polje
Попово поље
Popovo Polje, Dinaric karst polje in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Popovo Polje is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Popovo Polje
Popovo Polje
Popovo Polje in Dinaric Alps of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Floor elevation270 to 300 metres (890 to 980 ft)
Length65 km (40 mi) ESE-WNW
Width0.8 to 7 kilometres (0.50 to 4.35 mi)
Area250.5 km2 (96.7 sq mi)
Depth200 to 700 metres (660 to 2,300 ft)
Naming
English translationPopovo field
Geography
CountryBosnia and Herzegovina
Population centerTrebinje
Borders on
Coordinates42°52′N 18°00′E / 42.86°N 18°E / 42.86; 18
RiverTrebišnjica

Popovo Polje (Serbo-Croatian: Popovo polje / Попово поље, pronounced [pɔ̌pɔʋɔ pɔ̂ʎɛ], is a polje (karstic field) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in a southernmost region of the country, near the Adriatic coast. Its size is 5.9 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi).

Popovo polje is one of the most famous polje (karstic plains) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world, for its karstic phenomenons and features, and particularly the Trebišnjica river, which flows through the polje as the largest sinking river (also losing stream, or influent stream) in the world, as well as the Vjetrenica cave system, located to the west/south-western parts of the valley.