The Duboka (Дубoкa, "Deep river") is a left tributary of the
Vrbanja in
Bosnia. It rises under
Međugorje Mountain (1,116 m), and Bojići village (
Skender Vakuf
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Skender ( sq, Skënder) ( bs, Skender) is a masculine first name, commonly found in Albania and Kosovo and among people of Bosniak ethnicity in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. Skender is al ...
), around 1,030 meters above sea level. It grows strong after large Gladno vrelo ("Hungry spring"). To its mouth, the Duboka receives abundance of streams, brooks and coastal streams (on both of the river banks).
Cord area around Međugorje (Ravna gora, Ravna planina, Paljike, Paunica and Borak) is extraordinary rich with drinking water streams flowing all over the area.
Between Mekote and Gradine localities, Duboka enters into deep canyon, from which originated its name, as well as the village through which flows. Its length is around 8 km. In 1960 there were 5 water-mills on this river.
At the beginning of the canyon, the water level is 941 meters above sea level, and below
Ježica Mountain (1276 m), i.e. under the cliff so called Stijena (Rock, 1,200 m) canyon's depth over 560 metres. The mouth to Vrbanja river is on its large curve between
Grabovička rijeka and Tovarnica highland, on 430 meters above sea level.
During the
War in Bosnia
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...
, in the canyon of Duboka, around 200
Bosniaks were captured and transported to Elementary Scholl in Grabovica (mouth of
Grabovička rijeka) and still remain
missing today.
[http://www.sense-agency.com/tribunal_%28mksj%29/odiseja-i-stradanja-muslimana-iz-sela-hrvacani.25.html?cat_id=1&news_id=14020]
References
Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Waterfalls of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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