The Buna is a short river in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

; it is a left bank tributary of the Neretva

Neretva

Neretva is the largest river of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. It has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams and their storage lakes, but it is still recognized for its natural beauty, diversity of its landscape and visual...

. Its source (Vrelo Bune

Vrelo Bune

Vrelo Bune is the natural and architectural ensemble at the Buna river spring near Blagaj kasaba and a part of the wider "Townscape ensemble of the town of Blagaj - Historical and Natural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina", southeast of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is impossible to separate...

), a strong karst

KARST

Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

ic spring, is near the village Blagaj

Blagaj

Blagaj is a village-town in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It stands at the edge of Bišće plain and is one of the most valuable mixed urban and rural structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, distinguished from other similar...

, southeast of Mostar

Mostar

Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the largest and one of the most important cities in the Herzegovina region and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and is the fifth-largest city in the country...

. Actually, it is best known by famous Buna Spring (Vrelo Bune

Vrelo Bune

Vrelo Bune is the natural and architectural ensemble at the Buna river spring near Blagaj kasaba and a part of the wider "Townscape ensemble of the town of Blagaj - Historical and Natural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina", southeast of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is impossible to separate...

), one of the strongest spring in Europe and extremely cold water. The Buna flows west for approximately 9 km, starts at Blagaj and meandering through villages Blagaj

Blagaj

Blagaj is a village-town in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It stands at the edge of Bišće plain and is one of the most valuable mixed urban and rural structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, distinguished from other similar...

, Kosor, Malo Polje

Malo Polje

Malo Polje is a small settlement in the hills to the northeast of Col in the Ajdovščina Municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.- External links :*...

, Hodbina and joins the Neretva

Neretva

Neretva is the largest river of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. It has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams and their storage lakes, but it is still recognized for its natural beauty, diversity of its landscape and visual...

 at Buna village

Buna village

Buna village is a small village at the confluence of the Buna river and Neretva river some 10 km downstream the Neretva and south of Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

. The Bunica

Bunica

The Bunica river is a short river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a left bank tributary of the Buna. Its source , located under sharp cliffs between two villages Hodbina and Malo Polje, 14 km south from Mostar. It is very deep and strong karstic spring, very hard to access. Together with the Buna...

 river is main left bank tributari of the Buna.

See also

• Vrelo Bune
  Vrelo Bune
  Vrelo Bune is the natural and architectural ensemble at the Buna river spring near Blagaj kasaba and a part of the wider "Townscape ensemble of the town of Blagaj - Historical and Natural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina", southeast of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.It is impossible to separate...
  
  
• Blagaj
  Blagaj
  Blagaj is a village-town in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It stands at the edge of Bišće plain and is one of the most valuable mixed urban and rural structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, distinguished from other similar...
  
  
• Buna village
  Buna village
  Buna village is a small village at the confluence of the Buna river and Neretva river some 10 km downstream the Neretva and south of Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
  
  
• Neretva
  Neretva
  Neretva is the largest river of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. It has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams and their storage lakes, but it is still recognized for its natural beauty, diversity of its landscape and visual...
  
  
• Bunica
  Bunica
  The Bunica river is a short river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a left bank tributary of the Buna. Its source , located under sharp cliffs between two villages Hodbina and Malo Polje, 14 km south from Mostar. It is very deep and strong karstic spring, very hard to access. Together with the Buna...
  
  
• Vrelo Bunice
  Vrelo Bunice
  The Bunica river is a short river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a left bank tributary of the Buna. Its source Vrelo Bunice, located in place called Parila under sharp cliffs between two villages Hodbina and Malo Polje, 14 km south from Mostar...
  
  
• Mostarska Bijela
  Mostarska Bijela
  Mostarska Bijela is a mountain creek in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite its small and short flow, this river takes a significant place in Bosnia and Herzegovina geology and hydrology.-Rare geology:...
  
  
• Bregava
  Bregava
  The Bregava is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through the town of Stolac. It is a left tributary of the Neretva river.- See also :* Neretva* Stolac* Buna* Trebižat* Krupa* Hutovo Blato* Daorson* List of Illyrian cities...
  
  
• Trebižat
  Trebižat
  Trebižat is a village in Herzegovina, in Čapljina municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Ethnic composition, 1991 census:total: 1,399* Croats - 1,371 * "Yugoslavs" - 11 * Bosniaks - 9...
  
  
• Hutovo Blato
  Hutovo Blato
  Hutovo Blato is a nature reserve and bird reserve located in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is primarily composed of marshlands that were created by the underground aquifer system of the Krupa River. It is fed from the limestone massif of Ostrvo that divides the Deransko lake and Svitavsko lake.The...
  
  
• Daorson
  Daorson
  Daorson was the capital of a Hellenised Illyrian tribe called the Daorsi . The Daorsi lived in the valley of the Neretva River between 300 BC and 50 BC...
  
  
• List of Illyrian cities