| Upper Neretva Gornja Neretva | |
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.jpg) Protected section of the Upper Neretva canyon, Ćepa (1006 m). | |
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| 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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Upper Neretva (Serbo-Croatian: Gornja Neretva), 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.
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]
- ^ "Hydrological characteristics of Bosnia and Herzegovina". [Hydro-meteorological institute of Federation of B&H]. Archived from the original on 2009-03-23. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
- ^ "Methodology and Technical Notes". IUCN - Watersheds of the World. Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
A large dam is defined by the industry as one higher than 15 meters high and a major dam as higher than 150.5 meters
- ^ a b "Transboundary management of the lower Neretva valley - The Neretva river - background". [Ramsar Convention on Wetlands]. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
..international acknowledgement of the Neretva river unique beauty and the diversity of its landscape through Ramsar Convention - Neretva River (description can be read in the first sentence of the second paragraph)
- ^ "Living Neretva". [WWF - World Wide Fund]. Retrieved 2009-03-18.