Jadar is a river in the northeastern part of
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It originates from the
Zeleni and
Studeni Jadar, which meet in
Milići. The Studeni Jadar springs out in the village of Zalukovik near
Vlasenica, and the Zeleni below Kuka hill (1100 m). It also flows through a canyon with steep almost vertical slopes.
It flows into the
Drinjača near
Kušlat fortress. The Jadar basin divides the areas of historic ''
župa''s,
Birać and
Ludmer.
The Drinjača including its major tributaries like Jadar is a natural spawning ground for
huchen, and now there are
grayling
Grayling or Greyling may refer to:
Animals Fish
* Grayling, generically, any fish of the genus ''Thymallus'' in the family Salmonidae
** European grayling (''Thymallus thymallus''), the European species of the genus ''Thymallus''
** Arctic grayli ...
and
brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
. All these fish species are endangered by overfishing by the local population living on the riverbanks, but most of all by pollution. The river is polluted by the
bauxite mine from
Milići, which discharges its wastewater into the river. During the year, this water is completely red with ore. Upstream of Milići, both Jadar's are unpolluted and clear rivers, without settlements and human activities.
Jadar region
At the mouth of the Drinjač, on the other side of the Jadar, rises an unusually steep rock, on top of which a
mosque is built. Bosnian-Herzegovinian
Nobel laureate
The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...
, writer
Ivo Andrić, wrote down, passing by Kušlat, an often quoted thought:
Reference
External links
Džamija u KušlatuLjepotica na stijeni
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Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina