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Perućica ( sr-cyrl, Перућица) is one of the last remaining
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''Perućica Forest Reserve'' is long, wide, and has an area of . It is a Perućica Official website
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Perućica official website
Sutjeska National Park - BH Tourism official website
Environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina Geography of Republika Srpska Old-growth forests Protected areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{RepublikaSrpska-geo-stub
primeval forest
An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or first-growth forestis a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological featur ...
s in Europe
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. It is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, near the border with Montenegro
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. It is part of the Sutjeska National Park
The Sutjeska National Park ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Национални парк Сутјеска, Nacionalni park Sutjeska, ) is a national park located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established in 1962, it is Bosnia and Herzegovina's oldest national pa ...
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Protected Planet
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''Perućica Forest Reserve'' is long, wide, and has an area of . It is a UNESCO
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recognized site. The forest has many trees that are 300 years old, and the primeval forest's vintage is stated to be 20,000 years. In some stretches the forest growth is almost impenetrable, and the forest can only be explored in the company of rangers./ref>
See also
*Skakavac Waterfall, Perućica Skakavac may refer to:
* Skakavac, Sarajevo, a waterfall near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Skakavac Waterfall (Mrkonjić Grad), a waterfall near Mrkonjić Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Skakavac, Foča, a waterfall in Perućica near Foča, ...
* Sutjeska (river)
The Sutjeska ( sr-cyrl, Сутјеска, ; lit. " gorge or canyon") is a 35 km-long river in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a tributary of the Drina river, which it meets south of Foča.
Geography
The Sutjeska River could be conside ...
* Sutjeska National Park
The Sutjeska National Park ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Национални парк Сутјеска, Nacionalni park Sutjeska, ) is a national park located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established in 1962, it is Bosnia and Herzegovina's oldest national pa ...
* List of national parks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total size of protected area of Bosnia and Herzegovina amounts of , which is 1,13% of its entire territory. This is a list of areas protected by corresponding levels of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely at the entity's levels, and ...
* Tara (Drina)
The Tara ( sr-cyrl, Тара) is a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It emerges from the confluence of the Opasnica and Veruša rivers in the Komovi Mountains, part of the Dinaric Alps of Montenegro. The total length is 146 ...
* Piva (river)
The Piva (Serbian Cyrillic: Пива, ) is the river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river runs through Montenegro for the most of its course length, and in its last three kilometres represents the border between the two countries.
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* Drina
The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps whic ...
* Neretva
The Neretva ( sr-cyrl, Неретва, ), also known as Narenta, is one of the largest rivers of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. Four HE power-plants with large dams (higher than 150,5 metres) provide flood protection, power and water s ...
References
External links
Perućica official website
Sutjeska National Park - BH Tourism official website
Environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina Geography of Republika Srpska Old-growth forests Protected areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{RepublikaSrpska-geo-stub