Settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Glavati?evo (Paperback)

Chapters: Glavati?evo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Glavatievo - One theory say that Glavatievo is named after the medieval nobleman Glavat or Glavatec, who was out of the area, another say that Glavatievo is named after the endemic fish Salmo marmoratus from Neretva calld Glavatica. Dr. Pavao Aneli in his book "Spomenici Konjica i okoline" claim that Glavatievo get name after the name of the local nobleman Glavat or Glavatec. Villages in the upa valley include Biskup, Dudle, Duani, Grua, Janjina, Kaii, Krupac, Kula-ievo, Laanica, Razii, Ribari. Wider area of upa include villages of Bijelimii, Dindol, Bukovica, ... Glavatievo and upa valley belongs to Upper Neretva (Bosnian: ), which is upper course of the Neretva river, and includes vast area around the Neretva, numerous streams and well-springs, three major glacial lakes near the very river and even more scattered across the mountains of Treskavica and Zelengora in wider area of the Upper Neretva, mountains, peaks and forests, flora and fauna of the area. All this natural heritage together with cultural heritage of Upper Neretva, representing rich and valuable resources of Glavatievo, whole upa valley as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Neretva is 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. Geographically and hydrologically the Neretva is divided in three section. Its source and headwaters gorge are situated deep in the Dinaric Alps at the base of the Zelengora and Lebrnik mountain, under the Gredelj peak 1,227 m.a.s.l. First section of the Neretva co...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2329954