| Description |
Neretva is the largest river of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. It has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams (higher than 15 meters) and their storage lakes, but it is still recognized for its natural beauty, diversity of its landscape and visual attractiveness. At its delta, a specific way of human living has developed, which now is passing away.
The Neretva flows through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and it is the largest karst river in the Dinaric Alps in the entire eastern part of the Adriatic basin, which belongs to the Adriatic river watershed. The total length is 230 km, of which 208 km are in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the final 22 km are in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. The size of the Neretva watershed is 10,380 km2 in total; in Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,110 km2 with the addition of the Trebisnjica river watershed and in Croatia 280 km2. The average discharge at profile Zitomisli?i in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 233 m3/s and at the mouth in Croatia is 341 m3/s in addition to the Trebisnjica River's 402 m3/s. The Trebisnjica River basin is included in the Neretva watershed due to a physical link of the two basins by the porous karst terrain.
Source: Gredelj peak
- location Lebrnik and Zelengora Mountains, Dinaric Alps, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mouth: Adriatic Neretva Delta
- location Plo?e, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia |