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alt=Trebišnjica in Trebinje|thumb|Trebišnjica in Trebinje The Trebišnjica () is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the right tributary of the Neretva. Before it was utilized for hydro exploitation via various hydrotechnical interventions and systems with different purposes, Trebišnjica used to be a sinking river, rising and sinking through its course before resurfacing at various places from the Neretva river below the Čapljina to the Adriatic coast, and along the coast from the Neretva Delta to Sutorina.

Key facts

River.name
Trebišnjica
River.name_other
Требишњица
River.image_caption
Trebišnjica River
River.mapframe
yes
River.mapframe zoom
7
River.pushpin_map
Bosnia and Herzegovina
River.source1
Trebišnjica wellsprings group is a system consisting of 3 large karst spring zones, with Dejanova Pećina as primer wellspring
River.source1_location
Bileća
River.source2
wellspring Oko
River.source2_location
Bileća
River.source3
wellspring Nikšičko Vrelo
River.source3_location
Bileća
River.source4
wellspring Čepo, main in Čeplica springs group
River.source4_location
Čeplica
River.image
Gornji Orahovac, Bosnia y Herzegovina, 2014-04-14, DD 10-13 PAN.jpg
River.image_alt
Trebišnjica river near Gornji Orahovac, in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
River.mouth
1) in Bosnia and Herzegovina: to Neretva River via Lake Vrutak→Krupa→Neretva River; 2) in Croatia via Cavtat HPP; and directly into Adriatic Sea: a) via Ombla near Dubrovačka Rijeka, b) via group of strong undersea springs () near Cavtat.
River.mouth_location
Ravno

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Image
Trebinje 003.jpg
Length
187
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mouth of the watercourse
Adriatic Sea
Commons category
Trebišnjica
watershed area
4926
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Sources
  • Upper course
  • Middle course
  • Lower course
  • Damming, regulation and importance
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

alt=Trebišnjica in Trebinje|thumb|Trebišnjica in Trebinje The Trebišnjica () is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the right tributary of the Neretva. Before it was utilized for hydro exploitation via various hydrotechnical interventions and systems with different purposes, Trebišnjica used to be a sinking river, rising and sinking through its course before resurfacing at various places from the Neretva river below the Čapljina to the Adriatic coast, and along the coast from the Neretva Delta to Sutorina.

With a total length of above the ground, and roughly another below the surface, the Trebšnjica river is one of the longest sinking rivers in the world with the total of above and under the ground. In hydrological terms, it represents a sub-basin within the Neretva river basin.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trebišnjica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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