The Uvac ( Serbian Cyrillic : Увац ) is an international trans-boundary river, rising under Golija mountain and Pešter plateau, then flowing through southwestern Serbia and cross into eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina where, after 115 km, it finally meets the Lim river from the right, however, before it empties into the Lim, for a 10 kilometers Uvac forms the border between two countries. Also, while meandering through Serbia, Uvac loosely makes the northern border of the Raška region, too.
16-620: The Uvac originates at the Pešter plateau from the Ozren and Ninaja mountains, as Rasanska reka (Cyrillic: Расанска река ). The stream curves around the Ninaja and Pometenik mountains, next to the villages of Tuzinje, Rasno, Dragojloviće and Gradac, where it meets Brnjička reka (Cyrillic: Брњичка река ), enters the Sjenica depression and continues on the western border of the plain while receiving
32-502: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pe%C5%A1ter The Pešter Plateau ( Serbian : Пештерска висораван , romanized : Pešterska visoravan ; Albanian : Rrafshnalta e Peshterit ), or simply Pešter ( Serbian Cyrillic : Пештер , pronounced [pɛ̌ʃtɛr] ; Albanian : Peshter ),
48-541: Is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia , in the Raška (or Sandžak ) region. It lies at an altitude of 1,150–1,492 metres (3,773–4,895 ft), with the highest point ( Kuljarski vrh ) at 1,492 meters. The territory of the plateau is mostly located in the municipality of Sjenica , with parts belonging to Novi Pazar and Tutin . The name of the region comes from the common Slavic word Church Slavonic : пещера , romanized: peštera , meaning " cave ". In
64-732: Is also in this area. In 1700 the High Porte of the Ottoman Empire instructed the Pasha of Peja to pacify Rugova , resulting in 274 families being displaced from Rugova to Pešter. At that time, some members of the Shkreli and Kelmendi began migrating into the Pešter region. The Kelmendi chief had converted to Islam and promised to convert his fellow tribe members as well. A total of 251 Kelmendi households (1,987 people) were resettled in
80-505: Is sparsely populated: most settlements are on the edge of the field, and the remainder is settled only during the summer months. Pešter is famous for its microclimate, which is particularly harsh in the winter months, and due to this, it is often called the "Siberia of Sandžak". The lowest temperature in Serbia since measurements have been recorded, −39 °C (−38 °F), was measured at Karajukića Bunari village on 26 January 2006, beating
96-617: The Kladnica river from the right and generates much power, which is used for three powerful hydroelectric power stations, each one with big artificial lake: Bistrica with Lake Radoinja , Kokin Brod with Zlatar Lake (7,3 km, altitude 400 m, depth 40 m) and Sjenica with Lake Sjenica . In the lowest part of its course, the Uvac flows between the Zlatar and Zlatibor mountains, next to
112-481: The Pešter area on that occasion; however, five years later, the exiled Kelmendi managed to fight their way back to their homeland, and in 1711 they sent out a large raiding force to bring back some others from the Pešter region as well. The remaining Kelmendi and Shkreli converted to Islam and became Slavophones by the 20th century, and as of today they now self-identify as part of the Bosniak ethnicity, although in
128-466: The Pešter field is the largest field in Serbia, and the highest one in the Balkans . The rivers of Uvac , Vapa, Jablanica and Grabovica flow through this plateau. In the geologic past, the field was a large lake, of which only a small remnant in Sjenica near the village of Tuzinje remains. This lake gradually drained through karst ruptures, leaving marshy remnants in the lowest parts, around
144-593: The Pešter plateau they partly utilized the Albanian language until the middle of the 20th century, particularly in the villages of Ugao , Boroštica , Doliće and Gradac . Factors such as some intermarriage undertaken by two generations with the surrounding Bosniak population along with the difficult circumstances of the Yugoslav Wars during the 1990s made the local Albanians opt to refer to themselves in censuses as Bosniaks , in order to avoid persecution by
160-485: The Serb-dominated government. Shkrelis continued to migrate from Rugova to the territory of Pešter until the 19th century. Catholic Albanian groups which settled in the early 18th century were converted to Islam in that period. Their descendants make up the large majority of the population of the Pešter plateau. Jadovnik Jadovnik ( Serbian Cyrillic : Јадовник, pronounced [jâdɔːʋniːk] )
176-419: The flow of the sinking river Boroštica. Those areas are home to a wet peat bog habitat that is unique for a karst area. The soil is mostly karst interspersed with pastures . The economy of the area relies primarily on livestock breeding, chiefly of sheep . Pešter is famous for its dairy products , especially the "Sjenica cheese" ( Sjenički sir ), as well as lamb and pršut (or prosciutto) . The plateau
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#1732779671847192-480: The mouth is 18 m/s. The river is famous for its gorge, Kanjon Uvca , the thriving colony of reintroduced griffon vultures and the Uvac Special Nature Reserve , protected since 1971. The river meanders wildly: though 115 km (71 mi) long, the straight line from the river's source to its mouth is only 40 km (25 mi). This article related to a river in Serbia is
208-415: The previous record of −38.4 °C (−37.1 °F) measured in Sjenica in 1954. On 1 May 2006, Ramsar included the Pešter wetland area of 3,455 hectares into its list of wetlands of international importance . Pešter is home to a number of endangered plant species, such as Fumana bonapartei , Halacsya sendtneri , and Orchis tridentata . The only nesting place of Montagu's harrier in Serbia
224-464: The right tributary Vapa (Cyrillic: Вапа ) in the northern end. Vapa is 25 kilometers long and drains an area of 496 km. It passes next to the villages of Gornja Vapa, Donja Vapa, Čedovo and Krstac, where it empties from the right into the shorter river Uvac. The Uvac continues to the northwest, enters the Stari Vlah region where it flows in a deep, canyon-like valley, where it receives
240-672: The speech of people native to the area, the original feminine gender of the word is preserved despite the loss of the -a ending (nominative Pešter , genitive and locative Pešteri ), but in standard Serbian the gender is masculine (nominative Pešter , genitive Peštera , locative Pešteru ). The plateau is actually a large field ( Peštersko polje ) surrounded by the mountains of Jadovnik (1734 m), Zlatar (1627 m), Ozren (1693 m), Giljeva (1617 m), Javor (1519 m), Golija (1833 m), Žilindar (1616 m), Hum (1756 m), Ninaja (1462 m) and Jarut (1428 m). With an area of around 50 km ,
256-585: The villages of Kokin Brod and Radoinja until it reaches the Bosnian border and Varda mountain, makes a sharp, elbow turn to the south and after a short flow next to the villages of Bjelušine and Uvac (both on Bosnian side), the Uvac empties into the Lim, north of the city of Priboj . The Uvac drains an area of 1,596 km, belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin , and it is not navigable. Its average discharge at
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