Prača (river)
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The Prača ( sr-Cyrl, Прача) is a left tributary of the
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 whi ...
in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It source is in
Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina Pale ( sr-cyrl, Пале) is a municipality of the city of Istočno Sarajevo located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated southeast of the capital city of Sarajevo. As of 2013, it had a population of 22,282 i ...
at an altitude of 1540 m. After 55 km it flows into the
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 whi ...
in Ustiprača. The Prača offers terrains for recreational fishing on
salmonids Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whit ...
and numerous other fish species, but is primarily an important spawning ground for
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 nase, both of which enter the river from the Drina.


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Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Glasinac plateau Recreational fishing in Bosnia and Herzegovina Hucho habitats in Bosnia and Herzegovina {{BosniaHerzegovina-river-stub