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Krivošije


Krivošije (pronounced [kriv̞ɔ̌ʃijɛ], Montenegrin: Кривошије) is a historical tribe and sub-region of Old Herzegovina, a high plateau on the eastern branches of Mount Orjen (1894 m) in Montenegro, north of the Bay of Kotor. Krivošije is located at the historical tripoint between the Principality of Montenegro, Austro-Hungarian (formerly Venetian) Bay of Kotor and Sanjak of Herzegovina.

In Serbian language, krivi (in masculine, neutral krivo) means "bent" or "crooked", while šije (singular: šija) means "necks", and it may be derived from some ancestor with a deformity. It might also be derived from the Serbian word krv meaning blood, as in linked by blood relationships.

Krivošije is a mountainous karst region above Risan, at ca. 1000 m above sea. It includes 114 km2 of land. It is a high plateau on the eastern branches of Mount Orjen (1894 m) in south Montenegro, near Kotor. A significant geological and geomorphological feature of the region are the glacial deposits distributed across the whole of the plateau. They were deposited by valley glaciers coming from Orjen during the Ice Age. Krivošije is the region with the greatest rainfall in Europe.


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