Rama ( sr-cyrl, Рама) is a river in

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 H ...

, and a major tributary of the

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 ...

. It joins it from the right by discharging into Neretva's artificial reservoir, Jablaničko lake, at place called Marina Pećina, near village of Gračac, between location of underground powerhouse of

Rama Hydroelectric Power Station The Rama Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Rama river, a tributary of the Neretva river, about southwest of the town of Prozor in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dam and its hydropower plant are operated b ...

and Jablanica Dam, depending on water level in Jablaničko lake, some 15 kilometers upstream from Jablanica. The Rama flows through municipalities of

Prozor-Rama Prozor-Rama ( sr-cyrl, Прозор-Рама) is a municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its seat is Prozor. Also, Ramsko lake is located in the muni ...

and Jablanica,

, while its headwaters together with wellsprings in the region of Gornja Rama, in Rama valley, are completely submerged under the

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

Ramsko Lake. The Rama springs out from large karst wellsprings called Ramsko Ljetno i Zimsko Vrelo (Rama's Summer & Winter Spring - depending on the season and amount of waters from snow melting), while couple of other large karst wellsprings also contribute a majority of rivers waters. In what's now completely submerged Rama valley, in the region of Gornja Rama, the wellsprings of Ramsko Ljetno (Zimsko) (gives around 6% of waters, depending on season and its hydrological condition), Krupić (gives between 40 and 47% of waters, depending on season and its hydrological condition) and Buk (gives between 26 and 41%, depending on season and its hydrological condition) being three largest are situated between villages of Rumboci, Varvara, and Kopčići and distributed around western-southwestern edge of the valley (since 1968 submerged by Ramsko Lake). Numerous smaller ones, such as Tornjaci, Močila and Klenjak in Kovačevo Polje, also contribute to the river volume in its uppermost headwaters.

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Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{BosniaHerzegovina-river-stub ceb:Rama (suba)

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