The Bosanka ( sr-cyrl, Босанка) is a right tributary of the

Vrbanja river The Vrbanja ( sr-cyrl, Врбања) is a river in Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina; with Ugar, the largest right tributary of the Vrbas. Its basin covers an area of approximately 703.5 km2. It has significant hydropower potential. The ...

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 ...

. It rises on the southern slopes of the mountain

Uzlomac Uzlomac is a long mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia), east from line direction Maslovare – Vrbanjci – Kotor Varoš – Čelinac. It stretches from the southeast to the northwest through the mountainous area, from Kruševica River ...

(about 800 m above sea level) in four streams. Sources are between Rapno brdo (north) and Matrakova kosa (south). The length is about 6 km. Flowing through Petrovići, and its mouth between the villages of Dabovci and Dudići. The mouth is downstream from Vrbanjci, along highway M-4 (

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. I ...

Doboj Doboj ( sr-cyrl, Добој, ) is a city located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of Bosna river, in the northern region of the Republika Srpska. As of 2013, it has a population of 71,441 ...

). The long history of the name it was Plitka rika, and village nearby to it, in this regard - Plitska (today

Vrbanjci Vrbànjci ( sr-cyrl, Врбањци) is a village in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska, in the Municipality of Kotor Varoš, as well as former Municipality in Kotor Varoš former County. Geography Vrbanjci lies along the Vrbanja ...

). The only significant (left) tributary to Bosanka is Vodalka. The basin Bosanke and Vodalke, fifties, there were eight water-mills.Vojnogeografski institut, Ed. (1955): Prnjavor (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd. On the slopes of one of

’s southern peaks (about 800 m) separating the confluences of Vrbanja and

Velika Usora Velika Usora River (English: ''Big Usora'') is a river in central-northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. At its confluence with the Mala Usora River, at Teslić, it creates the Usora River. The Velika Usora has been historically important for the industr ...

. On the eastern side of Vodalke are waterflows of Zmajevac, Pirizevac and Breska, and to the west: Jelovac, Pušića potok, Svinjara and Jošavka. 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 ...

inhabitants in the confluence of Bosanka were expelled and murdered. This is especially true in the village of Vrbanjci,

Večići Večići is a village in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kotor Varoš municipality of the Republika Srpska region in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It spread at Večićko polje (Večići's field), nearby the mouth of Cvrcka (in Vrbanja river ...

, Hrvaćani, Garići and Rujevica.

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