Trebižat (river)

Trebižat
The Trebižat River in Ljubuški
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Basin features
Main source	Peć-Mlini
River mouth	The Neretva River at Struge near Čapljina
Basin size	The Neretva River
Physical characteristics
Length	51 km (32 mi)

The Trebižat River is a river in the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and major tributary of the Neretva River.

Trebižat River is located in the south-western region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Neretva basin and it is a major tributary of the Neretva.

Trebižat is 51 km long and is the second largest losing stream in Bosnia and Herzegovina that drains into the underground and reappears several times. In terms of length, it comes right after the Trebišnjica river which is the largest river of this kind in the world and also a tributary of the Neretva watershed.

The water regime of the Trebižat River is affected by the abstraction of its water for hydropower plants, irrigation and fish farming not to mention pollution problems. Trebižat River flows through an area of remarkable ecological value, hosting protected areas such as the travertine-formation around Kravice Waterfall. Although there have been many negative impacts in recent years on the Trebižat River, the analyses of aquatic organisms, river ecology and river morphology showed a high diversity. Various actions are considered with the aim of preserving the Trebižat River and its riparian ecosystem. The area was assessed in terms of its geography, climate conditions, historic heritage of the river, demography, geology of the river and its tributaries, river hydrology and morphology, ecological characteristics, river pollution, river use, and river management.