Lištica is a

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. It starts under the name Ugrovača, and end its course as the Jasenica in Mostarsko Polje, before spills into the

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as its right-bank tributary. It is listed as the second coldest river in Europe, and is prone to constant flooding mostly during winter. The Lištica river connects with the Borak wellspring, which rises at the base of the mountainside on the outskirts of town of

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. The town of Široki Brijeg was named Lištica after the Lištica River during the

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(1945–1990) but changed its name when the country dissolved back into Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Course

The river begins as the Ugrovača river, runs through canyon where it pick-ups a new name, the Brina, and flows into the town of

. Here it connects with the Borak wellspring, thus creating the Lištica river. The Lištica sinks in the area of Mostarsko Blato seasonal lake, and appears again in

Rodoč Rodoč is a populated settlement in the Mostar municipality, just south of the city of Mostar, making it a suburb. It is from Mostar, from Sarajevo, from Dubrovnik and from Split. History During the Bosnian War of the 1990s, Serb forces tem ...

suburb of

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as the Jasenica. After short course it empties into the

near Ortiješ, south of Mostar.

Water utilization

The river Lištica is prone to constant flooding mostly during winter. For this reason waters of the Lištica is utilized in with Mostarsko Blato Hydroelectric Power Station. The

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itself is located further beyond mountainous barrier, at the other side of the long tunnel perforated in the direction of former subterranean flow. Rest of the Lištica waters rises little further away as the Jasenica river, in eponymous village of Jasenica, Rodoč. Installed capacity of this plant is 60 MW.Mostarsko Blata Hydro Power Plant
/ref> Today the Lištica river around Široki Brijeg is primarily used to turn the

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s that grind wheat and it serves as a sightseeing attraction for the tourists visiting the town.

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Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sinking rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{Hydrography of Bosnia and Herzegovina