The Šuica ( cyrl, Шуица) which is known as the Šujica (Шујица), is a

sinking river A losing stream, disappearing stream, influent stream or sinking river is a stream or river that loses water as it flows downstream. The water infiltrates into the ground recharging the local groundwater, because the water table is below the bo ...

flowing through Duvanjsko Polje and the wider region of

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. The river also runs through its subterranean section, which begins at the point where river goes underground within the main

estavelle In karst geology, estavelle or inversac is a ground orifice which, depending on weather conditions and season, can serve either as a sink or as a source of fresh water. It is a type of ponor or sinkhole A sinkhole is a depression or hole in ...

(

ponor A ponor is a natural opening where surface water enters into underground passages; they may be found in karst landscapes where the geology and the geomorphology is typically dominated by porous limestone rock. Ponors can drain stream or lake wate ...

) at Kovači. This section of the Šuica is traversable for trained

speleologists Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology). ...

with proper equipment. Its sources are Mali Stržanj and Veliki Stržanj, both close to village of Stržanj. It flows through and drains most of its waters from Kupreško Polje, the

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and Duvanjsko Polje. The river disappears underground in large Kovači

, eponymous of nearby village Kovači, in southwestern corner of Duvanjsko Polje. Waters of the Šuica than partially re-emerges at the source of Ričina in village Prisoje, which than empties into the reservoir of Buško Blato after a short flow of cca 0–50 meters, depending on the water levels in reservoir. Sujica Valley OSM

Mali Stržanj.jpg, Mali Stržanj, right source of the Šuica Veliki Stržanj 01.jpg, Veliki Stržanj, left source of the Šuica Šujica River 00.JPG, Šuica flowing through the woods Suica River, Suica BH.jpg, Old bridge over the Šuica near

Galečić Galečić is a village in the municipality of Tomislavgrad in Canton 10, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The village is located on the hill in the upper part of Šujica Valley. In close proximity of the village ...

village, a.k.a. Galečka Ćuprija Šujica Valley.JPG, Šuica Valley Tomislavgrad Šujica canyon.jpg, Šuica Canyon

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suica (river) Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sinking rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Subterranean rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Buško Blato basin Underground lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina