The Ugar ( sr-cyrl, Угар, known as the ''Brzica'' until 1878) is a river of

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, a tributary of the Vrbas river. It originates at the slopes of Vlašić, upstream of

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and Melina villages (at around of 1590 meters above sea level), a watershed area of Vrbanja,

Ilomska Ilomska is right tributary of the Ugar river in ( Bosnia). It is about in length, and its source is Vlašić Mountain. It is an essential body of water for surrounding wildlife. Ilomska flows between the Žežnička Greda (altitude ) and Javor ...

and Bila rivers. The valley along the Ugar is known as Pougarje. Ugar kanjon

Geography and hydrology

The Ugar's length is around 44.5 kilometres, and its catchment is around 328 km². Its largest right tributaries are: Pljačkovac,

, Kobilja, Zirin Potok and Kusin Potok (Ziro's and Kuso's creeks), and

Ugrić Ugrić is the right tributary of the Ugar River in Central Bosnia. It is about in length, and its source is on the slopes of the Bosnian mountain of Vlašić in the locality of Krčevine. It is an essential body of water for surrounding wildl ...

; left tributaries are the creeks: namely Lužnica Potok, Dedića Potok, Andrijevića Potok, Bunar, Oraški Potok, and Kukavički Potok. At its source Ugar and its headwaters tributaries creates series of waterfalls. After short, but deep canyon (below the Babanovac plateau) it enters into Pougarje, under the

Ranča Ranča Planina locally known as Ranče is a mountain range in central Bosnia, in the municipality of Travnik, Dobretići and Jajce. The territory of Dobretići is almost entirely on the mountain (formerly with about 20 Croatian villages and haml ...

Mountain. By this, Ugar flows into a deep and long canyon under

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, around 20 kilometres downstream of

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. Notch of the Canyon is a very arduous and its maximal depth is (approximately) 500 m. The area in the valley along the Ugar, from Vitovlje to its Canyon is marked as Pougarje The area along the Ugar is known as ''Pougarje''. Pougarje extends from the Vitovlje village to the Ugar's entrance into the canyon below

. It is located between

Mountain (left) and rock's massif

Korićanske stijene Korićanske stijene ( Korićani's Rocks) are nearly vertical cliffs above Ilomska Canyon (on Vlašić Mountain). It is located about half a kilometer from the village Korićani, at an altitude between of about 750 and 1,100 meters. On the right ...

- Ugarske stijene (Ugar's rocks). From Vitovlje to Ugar's canyon it is known as the Lower (''Donje'') Pougarje, while the area on Ranča's slopes is Upper (''Gornje'') Pougarje.Mučibabić B., Ed. (1998): Geografski atlas Bosne i Hercegovine. Geodetski zavod BiH, Sarajevo. The valley (especially the slopes of Ranča) is rich in coniferous and mixed deciduous-coniferous forests. The upper and middle part of the basin in the area still has the character of a salmonid water, now there are only (

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 ...

), while the

huchen The huchen (''Hucho hucho'') (, from German), also known as Danube salmon or redfish (german: Rotfisch), is a large species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It is the type species of its genus ''Hucho''. Distri ...

and grayling have disappeared in the recent past. The surrounding forests are inhabited by the big game (

fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...

wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...

bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...

wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is ...

, and the others). At in a brushwood at the mouth of the Ilomska, in a protected hunting area, there is feeding place for

carnivores A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other sof ...

(including

corvine ''Corvus'' is a widely distributed genus of medium-sized to large birds in the family Corvidae. It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens and rooks. The species commonly encountered in Europe are the carrion crow, the hooded crow, t ...

shoals).

References

{{Hydrography of Bosnia and Herzegovina, state=collapsed Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ugar Canyons and gorges of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Geography and hydrology

See also

References