Jadar is a river in the northeastern part of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
.
It originates from the
Zeleni and
Studeni Jadar, which meet in
Milići. The Studeni Jadar springs out in the village of Zalukovik near
Vlasenica
Vlasenica ( sr-Cyrl, Власеница) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 11,467 inhabitants, while the town of Vlasenica has a population of 7,228 inhabitants.
Etymology
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, and the Zeleni below Kuka hill (1100 m). It also flows through a canyon with steep almost vertical slopes.
It flows into the
Drinjača
Drinjača (Serbian Cyrillic: Дрињача) is a left tributary of the Drina in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It rises on the mountain of Konjuh (mountain), Konjuh (1,326 m) 15 km northwest of Kladanj at an elevation of about 1,000 m and en ...
near
Kušlat fortress. The Jadar basin divides the areas of historic ''
župa
A župa, or zhupa, is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavs, South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "county" or "parish". It was mentioned for the first t ...
''s,
Birać and
Ludmer.
The Drinjača including its major tributaries like Jadar is a natural spawning ground for
huchen
The huchen (''Hucho hucho'') (, from German), also known as Danube salmon or redfish (), is a large species of freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae native to the Danube basin in Central and Eastern Europe. It is the type species of genus ...
, and now there are
grayling and
brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the genus ''Salmo'', endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally ...
. All these fish species are endangered by overfishing by the local population living on the riverbanks, but most of all by pollution. The river is polluted by the
bauxite mine from
Milići, which discharges its wastewater into the river. During the year, this water is completely red with ore. Upstream of Milići, both Jadar's are unpolluted and clear rivers, without settlements and human activities.
Jadar region
At the mouth of the Drinjač, on the other side of the Jadar, rises an unusually steep rock, on top of which a
mosque
A mosque ( ), also called a masjid ( ), is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Salah, Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard.
Originally, mosques were si ...
is built. Bosnian-Herzegovinian
Nobel laureate
The Nobel Prizes (, ) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in th ...
, writer
Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961. His writ ...
, wrote down, passing by Kušlat, an often quoted thought:
Reference
External links
Džamija u KušlatuLjepotica na stijeni
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Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina