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Vrljika River

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Also known as Vrlika, Vrljika

The Vrljika is short sinking river in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, belonging to Neretva River basin. Its source is located on the outskirts of village Proložac near town of Imotski, Croatia. The Vrljika River is home of endangered endemic Softmouth trout, also known as Adriatic trout.

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  • Rare hydrogeology
  • Nine names of the Trebižat River
  • Endemic and endangered trout
  • See also
  • References

The Vrljika is short sinking river in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, belonging to Neretva River basin. Its source is located on the outskirts of village Proložac near town of Imotski, Croatia. The Vrljika River is home of endangered endemic Softmouth trout, also known as Adriatic trout.

==Rare hydrogeology== The Vrljika River is a sinking river, typical of diverse karstic hydrology of Dinaric Alps in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Rising from a strong karstic spring, it flows often short stretches before it sinks again.

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

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