Upper Neretva

Upper Neretva (Neretva)
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Protected section of the Upper Neretva canyon, Ćepa (1006 m).
Official name: Neretva
Name origin: '"Nera-Etwa"' is Celtic for "Divinity that flows" referring to the Neretva River ; Bosnian: "Neretva je Božanstvo koje teče" ; (or) also Latin: Narenta, Narona, Naro for English: Narrative, Gurgle.
Motto: Let the River flow (Bosnian: "Pusti rijeku da teče teče") ; River without return (Bosnian: "Rijeka bez povratka").
Nickname: Nera; Zelena ljepotica (English: Green beauty); sometimes Modra rijeka (English: Bluish-purple river)
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Region	South-East Central Bosnia and Herzegovina
District	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
Municipalities	Konjic, Kalinovik, Gacko
Part of	Dinaric Alps
Borders on	11  - Bjelašnica  - Visočica (mountain)|Visočica  - Treskavica  - Lelija  - Zelengora  - Lebršnik  - Gredelj  - Crvanj  - Živanj  - Borašnica  - Prenj
Tributaries
- left	7  - Jezernica  - the Živašnica (also known as the Živanjski Potok)  - Ladjanica  - Župski Krupac  - Bukovica  - Šištica  - Konjička Bijela
- right	11  - Jezernica (also known as the Tatinac)  - Gornji i Donji Krupac  - Ljuta (also known as the Dindolka)  - Jesenica  - Bjelimićka Rijeka  - Slatinica  - Račica  - Rakitnica  - Konjička Ljuta  - Trešanica  - Neretvica
City	Konjic
Landmarks	5  - Pedestrian suspension bridges  - Waterfalls  - Springs  - Canyons  - Peaks
Building	Old Stone Ćuprija (Bridge) at Konjic
River	Neretva
Source	Gredelj
- location	Lebršnik, South-East Central Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- elevation	1,227 m (4,026 ft)
Mouth	Adriatic
- location	Ploče, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
- elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	90 km (56 mi), EW
Width	0,002 km (1 mi), NS
Discharge
- average	34.5 m3/s (1,218 cu ft/s)
Population	estimation
Postal code	36000
Area code	036
* Total length of the Neretva is 230 km, and part of the river, which is the subject of this article, Upper Neretva, is 90 km. Also, the Neretva changing direction from East-West to North-South, after the exit from the Upper Neretva river section of its course.

Geographically and hydrologically the Neretva is divided in three sections. The upper course of the Neretva river is called the Upper Neretva (Bosnian: Gornja Neretva), and includes vast area around the Neretva, numerous streams and well-springs, three major glacial lakes near the very river and even more scatered across the mountains of Treskavica and Zelengora in wider area of the Upper Neretva, mountains, peaks and forests, flora and fauna of the area.

Neretva has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams (as higher than 15 meters) and their storage lakes, but it still recognized for its natural beauty, diversity of its landscape and visual attractiveness.

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 hydrographical the Neretva is divided in three section. The upper course of the Neretva river, called the Upper Neretva (Bosnian: Gornja Neretva), 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Europe.