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Uzlomac
Uzlomac is a long mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia), east from line direction Maslovare – Vrbanjci – Kotor Varoš – Čelinac. It stretches from the southeast to the northwest through the mountainous area, from Kruševica River (west of Borja mountains) to Jošavka. Its maximum altitude is . The mountain is very rich in mixed forests resources and hunting wildlife, including Bosnian endemic quarry mammals. Its forest wealth is diverse: deciduous oak and deciduous beech. It also is rich in water resources: springs, streams and rivers. On Uzlomac many tributaries of Vrbanja river, Usora and Ukrina rise, i.e. tributaries of Vrbas and Bosna confluences.kartabih See also *Vrbanjci *Kotor Varoš *Čelinac *Vrbanja river *Bosanka (river) *Jezerka *Bosnian endemic quarry mammals There are 59 mammal species in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which one is endangered, eight are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each speci ...
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Bosanka (river)
The Bosanka ( sr-cyrl, Босанка) is a right tributary of the Vrbanja river in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It rises on the southern slopes of the mountain Uzlomac (about 800 m above sea level) in four streams. Sources are between Rapno brdo (north) and Matrakova kosa (south). The length is about 6 km. Flowing through Petrovići, and its mouth between the villages of Dabovci and Dudići. The mouth is downstream from Vrbanjci, along highway M-4 (Banja Luka - Doboj). The long history of the name it was Plitka rika, and village nearby to it, in this regard - Plitska (today Vrbanjci). The only significant (left) tributary to Bosanka is Vodalka. The basin Bosanke and Vodalke, fifties, there were eight water-mills.Vojnogeografski institut, Ed. (1955): Prnjavor (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd. On the slopes of one of Uzlomac’s southern peaks (about 800 m) separating the confluences of Vrbanja and Velika Usora. On the eastern side of Vo ...
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Jošavka (river)
Jošavka is the right and one of the largest tributaries of the Vrbanja, which it joins in Čelinac. Arises from two streams: Ćetina and Babića potok rising on the northeast slopes of the hill Tromeđa (404 m) in the foothills of the mountain massif of Uzlomac (1002 m). Right tributary of Jošavka river are: Stanikova rijeka, Mlinska rijeka (Mill River), Jelovaca, Mliješnica and Gozna and left: Jevđevića potok (Jevđevići's stream), the second comprises Prlišnica and Crna rijeka (Black river), and follow Baserovača, Repušnica, and Balatin. Due to the unregulated riverbed and increased influence of anthropogenic factors, in the first decades of the 21st century is increasingly pours and makes enormous material damage, and applies to people's lives. From Čelinca, upstream, mostly valleys Jošavka passing traffic corridor in which the railroad Banja Luka - Doboj - Sarajevo - Ploče and local roads (over the populated place Ukrina, downriver Ukrina) in Doboj. See also * ...
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Jezerka
Jezerka is an eastern tributary (class H - Hydrographic, freshwater stream) of Europe's Vrbanja River. It flows from the western slopes of the Uzlomac, beginning at nine hundred meters above sea level, south of the villages of Grabik and Jankovine. The river delta is several kilometers upstream from Vrbanjci, along the main motorway M-4 (Banja Luka – Doboj). Its largest tributaries are Žilića and Dubočaj with Pirizevac (to the east). Seven mills were built on the Jezerka in the late 1950s. On the plateau of its upper flow, crossroads lead to the village of Gornji Obodnik and to the M-4 motorway. On the northeast slopes of Uzlomac (1,002 meters), a mountain pass separates the confluences of the Vrbanja river and the Ukrina (the Božića stream and confluence of Bistrica). During the War in Bosnia, inhabitants along the mouth of the river were expelled and murdered. This was especially true for the villages of Vrbanjci, Večići, Hrvaćani, Garići, and Rujevica. Location Th ...
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Kruševica (river)
Kruševica is the strongest right tributary of Vrbanja in central Bosnia. It rises from two streams (Vilenski and Grebenski potok = Fairy's and Reefs stream) whose source on the northeast slopes of the Očauš Mountain (at around 950 above sea level). The source is exposed to the Borja Mountain. On geographic maps as Kruševica is often marked an other river ( Bobovica), whose estuary is around 20 miles upstream. The significant right tributaries are Diklanski and Veliki Breski stream, Mali Mrđin stream, Sirovac, Uzlomac, Slatki potok (Sweet stream) and Rasova, and left: Stevanovina, Veliki Jankovac, Đukin do, Lauška rivers and Vaganjski stream. On them (up to 1960s) was even about 40 mills.Mučibabić B., Ur. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo,. In the southern mountain range Rogljuša – Trnjić's fields - Plane is the watershed of Krusevice and Maljevska River (also Vrbanja's tributaries), and in the north-chain: Omac – Jezer ...
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Vrbanja River
The Vrbanja ( sr-cyrl, Врбања) is a river in Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina; with Ugar, the largest right tributary of the Vrbas. Its basin covers an area of approximately 703.5 km2. It has significant hydropower potential. There are many different estimations of the Vrbanja's length, from 70.5 km and 84 km to 95.4 km. Name Like many other sites in Bosnia, Vrbanja is named after the willows that grow along the river from Kruševo Brdo to Banja Luka. Other examples are Vrbanjci village and Vrbanja, near Banja Luka, as well as Vrbas and a bridge in the center of Sarajevo. Geography The Vrbanja source is on the slopes of Vlašić Mountain, upstream of Pilipovina village (at about 1,530 meters above sea level). The area around the source is called "Prelivode", with a radius of around 2-3 kilometers. Prelivode is on a ridge between the Vlašić (1933 m) and Meokrnje (1425 m) mountains. The Vrbanja flows through Kruševo Brdo, Šiprage, Obodnik, ...
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Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tu ...
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Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tuzla ...
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Vrbanjci
Vrbànjci ( sr-cyrl, Врбањци) is a village in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, in the Municipality of Kotor Varoš, as well as former Municipality in Kotor Varoš former County. Geography Vrbanjci lies along the Vrbanja river (for which it is named), between its tributaries Jezerka, Bosanka, and Cvrcka. Vrbanjci was formerly known as Plitska. This name was given to the village when the largest part of the settlement was situated near Bosanka (Plitka Rika, Shallow River). On this toponym there is a neighboring village named Plitska, almost forgotten since its destruction in 1992. The intensive colonization of the fields surrounding the Vrbanja river occurred during the construction of a narrow-rails railway and the regional road in the direction of Šiprage and Maslovare, i.e. Teslić to Doboj. Vrbanjci was once a separate municipality (to 1964th) in the former County of Kotor Varoš. History The history of this area commemorates the battle on The Fiel ...
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Kotor Varoš
Kotor Varoš ( sr-cyrl, Котор Варош) is a town and municipality located in north-western Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, it has a population of 19,710 inhabitants, while the town of Kotor Varoš has a population of 7,330 inhabitants. History An early Roman (3rd–5th c.) basilica was discovered along with other Roman findings in the Šiprage area at the Crkvenica-Vrbanja river mouth. 12th-century '' stećci'' testify medieval settlement.Radimsky V. (1892): Ostanci rimskih naseobina u Šipragi i Podbrgju, za tim starobosanski stećci u Šipragi i uz Vrbanju u Bosni. Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja u Sarajevu, Godina IV, Knjiga I: 75–80. The original location of stećci was the Crkvenica-Vrbanja, from where they were removed and built into walls of the surrounding buildings (possibly due to the beliefs of their miraculous properties). One of the best preserved stećak is submerged in Vrbanja. It has been theorized that Kotor Varoš ...
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Čelinac
Čelinac ( sr-cyr, Челинац) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 15,548 inhabitants, while the town of Čelinac has a population of 5,097 inhabitants. Geography It is located by Jošavka and Vrbanja rivers, between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor to the north, Teslić to the east, Kotor Varoš, Kneževo (formerly known as Skender Vakuf) to the south, and Banja Luka to the west. History War in Yugoslavia Main initiator and leader of persecution nonserbs population in the valley of the Vrbanja river and Bosanska Krajina, including Čelinac, was member of the radical currents SDS - Radoslav Brdjanin, a native of nearby village of Popovac. Brđanin was a leading political figure in Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK). During The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, was the key positions at the municipal, regional and "republic" level. Among other things, he was the first v ...
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Bosnian Endemic Quarry Mammals
There are 59 mammal species in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which one is endangered, eight are vulnerable, and two are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories: Order: Rodentia (rodents) ---- Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb). *Suborder: Sciurognathi **Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) ***Subfamily: Sciurinae ****Tribe: Sciurini *****Genus: ''Sciurus'' ****** Red squirrel, ''Sciurus vulgaris'' LC ***Subfamily: Xerinae ****Tribe: Marmotini *****Genus: '' Mar ...
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