The Željeznica ( sr-cyrl, Жељезница) is a river in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, which rises at the foot of the
Treskavica Mountain. It has a number of rapids and whirlpools, including those of
Turovi. Kazani is regarded the most attractive place in the canyon, where round hollows, "kettles", give the impression of boiling water. The kettles are about half to one meter deep and 0,30 to 0,70 cm wide in radius, and they are frequent in the riverbed.
The Željeznica river is one of the chief geographic features of the western Sarajevo field (Sarajevo polje). It flows through the municipalities
Trnovo and
Istočna Ilidža from south and eventually meets up with the Mala Bosna river, a stretch of the Bosna between its source at
Vrelo Bosne
Vrelo Bosne (; ) is a public park and a protected Nature Monument established around the source of the Bosna river, featuring the system of numerous springs at the foothills of Mount Igman, in the municipality of Ilidža, on the outskirts of Sa ...
and Željeznica confluence, all near
Ilidža
Ilidža ( sr-cyrl, Илиџа, ) is a spa town and a municipality located in Sarajevo Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has a total population of 66,730 with 63,528 in Ilidža itself, and i ...
,
Sarajevo
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. The Željeznica and the Mala Bosna form the
Bosna.
The Željeznica river is the western boundary of
Jahorina mountain. The archaeological site of
Butmir
Butmir ( sr-cyrl, Бутмир) is a neighborhood in the municipality of Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo International Airport, the main airport of Bosnia and Herzegovina is located in Butmir.
Geography
The Butmir region is very rich in ...
is located on the right bank of the Željeznica river, relatively close to the source of the Bosna river. The terrace next to the Željeznica river was well suited to late
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
settlement.
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The Željeznica is possibly among the last remaining sanctuaries for huchen ( Hucho hucho) in the Bosna river basin, the others being the Krivaja, the Fojnica, and possibly the Lašva
The Lašva ( sr-cyrl, Лашва) is a river in Central Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a left tributary of the Bosna.Vojnogeografski institut, Ed. (1955): Travnik (List karte 1:100.000, Izohipse na 20 m). Vojnogeografski institut, Beograd / ...
.
Small
Small means of insignificant size
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derivational hydroelectric power plant, HPP Bogatići, is built on the river, getting its water from the Lake Bogatići reservoir
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Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
.
See also
* Bosna
References
External links
*
Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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