Livanjsko Polje
| Livanjsko field (Livanjsko polje) | |
| Dinaric Alps plateau | |
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| Name origin: Named after the nearby town of Livno | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Region | Tropolje |
| District | Canton 10 |
| Municipality | Livno |
| Part of | Dinaric Alps |
| Borders on |
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| Side valleys | |
| - left | Grahovsko field |
| - right | Duvanjsko field |
| City | Livno |
| Landmark | Buško Blato |
| Rivers |
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| Length | 30 km (19 mi), NW - SE |
| Width | 6 km (4 mi), NE- SW |
| Height | 720 m (2,362 ft) |
| Area | 458.7 km2 (177 sq mi) |
| Population | 15,000 |
| Geology | Karstic field |
| Easiest access | State Road |
| Website: http://www.livno-online.com | |
Livanjsko field or Livanjsko polje (Croatian; Bosnian: Livanjsko polje), located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is the largest polje (karstic field) in the world. Although a typical example of karst plateau circled by tall peaks and mountain ranges, the Field is characterized by many unique natural phenomenons and karstic features.
The field has an area of 45,868 hectare 458.7 km², and an average width of 6 km. It is located at an average height of 720 m above sea level.
The field is located in region of Tropolje, in the southwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and lies between the karstic mountains of Dinara and Kamešnica on the south, Tušnica mountain on the east, Cincar and Golija mountain on the north and Šator and Staretina mountain on the west. Buško Blato (Buško lake) lies to the southeast, and Ždralovac to the northwest. Ždralovac is a narrow corridor by which the Livno field is connected to the Grahovsko field, between the slopes of mountains Dinara, Kamešnica and Šator.
In the Neolithic age, the field was underwater. On the field itself there remains several lakes, of which Buško Blato has the largest accumulation in the region. Brežinsko jezero is another lake of note which lies on the northwest part of the field. When the Orlovac Hydroelectric power-plant was built in the 1960s, it altered the climate of the entire Livno region. Long, cold winter months with large snowfalls with the characteristic bura wind, were replaced by rainy winters and long, warm summers.
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