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Perućica ( sr-cyrl, Перућица) is one of the last remaining
primeval forest An old-growth forest or primary forest is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without Disturbance (ecology), disturbance. Due to this, old-growth forests exhibit unique ecological features. The Food and Agriculture Organizati ...
s in
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. It is located in
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 ...
, near the border with
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. It is part of the
Sutjeska National Park The Sutjeska National Park ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Nacionalni park Sutjeska, Национални парк Сутјеска, ) is a national park located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established in 1962, it is Bosnia and Herzegovina's oldest national park ...
.Sutjeska
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Protected Planet The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the largest assembly of data on the world's terrestrial and marine protected areas, containing more than 260,000 protected areas as of August 2020, with records covering 245 countries and territori ...
'' The ''Perućica Forest Reserve'' is long, wide, and has an area of . It is a
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recognized site. The forest has many trees that are 300 years old, and the primeval forest's vintage is stated to be 20,000 years. In some stretches the forest growth is almost impenetrable, and the forest can only be explored in the company of rangers.Perućica Official website
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See also

* Skakavac Waterfall, Perućica *
Sutjeska (river) The Sutjeska ( sr-cyrl, Сутјеска, ; lit. "gorge or canyon") is a 35 km-long river in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a tributary of the Drina river, which it meets south of Foča. Geography The Sutjeska River could be considere ...
*
Sutjeska National Park The Sutjeska National Park ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Nacionalni park Sutjeska, Национални парк Сутјеска, ) is a national park located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Established in 1962, it is Bosnia and Herzegovina's oldest national park ...
* List of national parks of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Tara (Drina) *
Piva (river) The Piva (, ) is a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river runs through Montenegro for most of its course length, and in its last three kilometres marks the border between the two countries. Course The Piva emerges from the ' ...
*
Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long river in the Balkans, 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 Al ...
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Neretva The Neretva (, sr-Cyrl, Неретва), also known as Narenta, is one of the largest rivers of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. Four Hydroelectricity, hydroelectric power plants with Dam, large dams (higher than 15 metres) provide flood ...


References


External links


Perućica official website

Sutjeska National Park - BH Tourism official website
Environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina Geography of Republika Srpska Old-growth forests Protected areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina {{RepublikaSrpska-geo-stub