The Buna (

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: Буна) is a short river in

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; it is a left bank tributary of the Neretva. Its source (

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), a strong karstic spring, is near the

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Blagaj, southeast of

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. It is best known for the ''Buna Spring'' (

), one of the strongest springs in Europe and extremely cold water. The Buna flows west for approximately 9 km, starts at Blagaj and meandering through villages Blagaj, Kosor, Malo Polje, Hodbina and joins the Neretva at settlement Buna. The

Bunica The Bunica ( sr-cyrl, Буница) is a short river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a left bank tributary of the Buna. Its source (Vrelo Bunice), located in a place called Parila under sharp cliffs between the two villages of Hodbina and Malo Polj ...

river is main left bank

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of the Buna.

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