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  Vrbas pictures and videos on Webshots
328_2898 vrba bajer drevesnica ter cerkvi _ belo blato
Bosnia and Herzegovina - river Vrbas (near Banja Luka)
Willow on river Vrbas, Banja Luka, Republika Srpska
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  Britannicaindia.com: Britannica Browse
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Coextensive with the metropolitan district of Jakarta Raya, it lies at the mouth of the Ciliwung (Liwung River) on...
(province), eastern Afghanistan, on the Kabul River, at an altitude of 1,940 ft (590 m).
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  Bosna - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Bosna is the third longest river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is considered one of the country's three major internal rivers, along with the Neretva and Vrbas.
The river originates in the Vrelo Bosne, on the outskirts of Sarajevo at the base of mount Igman.
Bosna, Course and tributaries, Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Geography of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Geography of Republika Srpska.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Bosna   (362 words)

  
 Vrbas Banovina at AllExperts
The Vrbas Banovina or Vrbas Banate (Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian: Ð'рбаска бановина/Vrbaska banovina) was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941.
It was named after the Vrbas River and consisted mostly of territory in western Bosnia (part of historical and present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) with its capital at Banja Luka.
The population of the Vrbas Banovina in 1931 was 1,037,382.
en.allexperts.com /e/v/vr/vrbas_banovina.htm   (442 words)

  
 Vrbas - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
The Vrbas is a river in central Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is a tributary of the Sava River.
The town of Banja Luka[?] is located on the river banks.
wikipedia.findthelinks.com /vr/Vrbas.html   (29 words)

  
 Encyclopædia Britannica Australia -
Coextensive with the metropolitan district of Jakarta Raya, it lies at the mouth of the Ciliwung (Liwung River) on the northwest coast of Java.
The town is situated along the Jamaari River, which is a tributary of the Katagum, and at the intersection of roads leading from Wudil, Azare, and Faggo.
Jamaame is situated on the eastern bank of the lower Jubba River, in the southeastern coastal lowlands near the Indian Ocean.
www.britannica.com.au /britannica_browse/j/j4.html   (1649 words)

  
 Oficijelna internet prezentacija grada Banjaluke
As the city extends on the riverbanks of the lower course of Vrbas, fishing is a very old profession in these areas, and obsession with rivers is passed from generation to generation.
Upper course of Una and Vrbas, and Pliva with it's entire course, are exceptional fishing attraction, partly because of trout and fishing, and partly because of the beauty of the river canyons and landscape.
Vrbas and Una, in the lower course, as well as Sava in the plain area, are rich with smooth water fish: carp, pike and spearfish.
www.banjaluka.rs.ba /_e/default.aspx?pg=turizam/splash.html&newsCat=41&forumCat=17&nodeNum=16&type=master   (529 words)

  
 ooBdoo
It is located in the northwest of the country, on the Vrbas river.
In 2005, the European Championships in Rafting were held on the river Vrbas.
Rafting on the Vrbas is an underappreciated local tourist attraction.
www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Banja_Luka   (3258 words)

  
 Banja Luka Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Banja Luka is spreads over both banks of the Vrbas river, in the tectonic valley that spreads North East - South West, which is separated by the Laktasi Ravine from the Lijevce Valley in Posavina.
With the airport and the harbour on river Sava in the town of Gradiska, 50 kilometres away, Banja Luka is a centre that contects the Adriatic Sea with the Central Europe and Western Republic of Srpska with the Eastern Europe and Serbia.
The climate and one of the nicest mountain rivers on the Balkans - the river Vrbas -, as well as the hard working population have earned Banja Luka the nickname "the green town".
www.urc.bl.ac.yu /banjaluka/e/geo.html   (299 words)

  
 Banja Luka
Banja Luka, a verdant town of tree-lined avenues, parks and gardens lying astride the River Vrbas, was devastated by an earthquake on October 26, 1969; but the town, sorely tired in the past by natural catastrophes and wars, has recovered from this latest disaster.
anja Luka is situated on the river Vrbas at the head of a narrow gorge where the river valley broadens into the lowland of the river Sava.
The river is bridged at three points: one near the center of the city, another to the south-west and a third, north-north-east of the city.
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 City of Banja Luka
Vrbas, a beautiful green river, and the lush nature attracted people to move to this region for more than 50,000 years ago.
The "Salt Road", connecting the river Sava and the Adriatic Sea, went by it.
The middle-age was really a dark age for us, as the city had disappeared from the history in that period and emerged from a thousand-year long "mist" no sooner than in 1494 - for the first name under the name of Banja Luka.
www.rotary-bl.org /en_banjaluka.html   (532 words)

  
 Banja Luka
Banja Luka, a verdant town of tree-lined avenues, parks and gardens lying astride the River Vrbas, was devastated by an earthquake on October 26, 1969; but the town, sorely tired in the past by natural catastrophes and wars, has recovered from this latest disaster.
anja Luka is situated on the river Vrbas at the head of a narrow gorge where the river valley broadens into the lowland of the river Sava.
The river is bridged at three points: one near the center of the city, another to the south-west and a third, north-north-east of the city.
fly.cc.fer.hr /~drobic/hp/istorija.html   (1047 words)

  
 Hes Vrbas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
The Vrbas river and its tributaries are attractive in terms of hydro power.
The Vrbas river appears at the southern slope of the Vranica mountain, at around 1530 meters above the sea level and it drains central part of the northern slopes of the Dinaric mountain massif.
Characteristic mean flow is around 34,6 l/s/km2 Maximum rainfall occurs in the southern parts of the Vrbas basin in the late autumn and winter months, with minimum quantities in summer, whereas the northern parts of the basin receive the largest quantities of rain during the summer months (June-July), with the maximum in November and December.
www.hesvrbas.com /eng   (394 words)

  
 Sava River Sub-basin
The main cities along the river are Ljubljana (300,000 inhabitants), Celje (50,000 inhabitants), Zagreb (700,000 inhabitants), Slavonski Brod (59,000), Sisak (37,000), Bjelovar (28,000) and Belgrade (1.1 million).
There is a chain of hydro-power reservoirs in the middle section of the river upstream of Zagreb: In Slovenia 3 dams are on the upper stretch, 3 are planned near Ljubljana and 6 are planned downstream (1 completed, 1 under construction); in Croatia other multipurpose reservoirs are also planned.
Very often the Sava river is not in the focus of public interest, but its tributaries being ecologically unique and of high value.
www.inweb.gr /workshops/sub_basins/1_sava.html   (4649 words)

  
 BH Tourism - Vrbas River
The Vrbas River was home to the 2005 European Whitewater Rafting Championships.
The Vrbas Canyon is an ideal place for water adventures like kayaking and rafting and for softer adventures upriver – hiking, walking, camping and fishing.
The eco-activities organized on the Vrbas are done so by an extremely dedicated group of young professionals who will give you an authentic and organic taste of the beautiful nature on and around the Vrbas River.
www.bhtourism.ba /eng/vrbas.wbsp   (157 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Vrbas River
The Vrbas (Serbian Cyrillic: Врбас) is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It lent its name to one of the provinces (banovinas) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Vrbas Banovina.
Rafting on the Vrbas is an underappreciated local tourist attraction.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Vrbas_River   (127 words)

  
 Banja Luka
Banja Luka is spread over both banks of the Vrbas river in the tectonic valley that spreads North East - South West.
The river flows almost through the center of the town.
In 1929 Banja Luka became the capital of the Vrbas Principality.
www.tsci.org /BiH-USA/english/training1/cities/banjaLuka/banjaLuka.htm   (497 words)

  
 Google Earth Community: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pliva is only river in the world that finishes by waterfall in the center of city.
River created half circle, from which water falls, and hight varies, from 1 to 25 meters.
Travnik is situated in the narrow valley of the Lasva River which borders the Vlasic mountains in the north and the Vilenica mountains to the south.
bbs.keyhole.com /ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/221652/Main/168058   (1432 words)

  
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Objectives and rationale of the project The main objective of the project is to prevent the pollution of the river Vrbas and groundwater.
The river is the source of drinking water for the city of Banja Luka (240,000 inhabitants) and for other agglomerations downstream.
The river and its banks are the main recreation area for Banja Luka citizens during summer period when the water level in the river is the lowest and, hence, the level of pollution is at its peak.
forum.europa.eu.int /Public/irc/env/dblas/library?l=/project_fiches/bosnia_herzegovina/0304_rriver_vrbas/_EN_1.0_&a=d   (978 words)

  
 Vrbas River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Vrbas (Serbian: Врбас) is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The town of Banja Luka, the de facto capital of the Republika Srpska (Serb Republic), is located on the river banks.
It lent its name to one of the provinces (banovinas) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Vrbas Banovina.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vrbas_River   (120 words)

  
 DRP National Grants
Unprofessional, unselective, irrational and unplanned usage of pesticides in agriculture around the Vrbas River basin represents a constant danger of contamination of the soil and surface water-tributaries of the Vrbas River, an integral part of the Danube basin.
Educating target groups of the population (agricultural producers, pupils attending agricultural school), strengthening the protection of waters through the persistent and expert usage of the source of pollution and creating prerequisites for developing “eco-agriculture” as an additional method of reducing the usage of the pesticides, a significant pollutant of the Danube basin.
The main goal of the project is to reduce the use of pesticides in the area of the Vrbas basin..
www.rec.org /REC/Programs/NGO_Support/Grants/NationalDanubeGrants/round_one/Results-BIH.html   (832 words)

  
 STARA GRADISKA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
When the River Vrbas is high in autumn, the River Sava starts striding along the banks as thouah running away from a monster.
When, after Vrbas, the River Bosnia is high, as well as all the tributaries, again the River Sava enters the fields drowsily and penetrates further and further.
The River Sava became areen and the weather was calming down from the River Drava.
www.studiacroatica.com /libros/stara/st15.htm   (868 words)

  
 NorthWest Region - Krajina: The green emerald
It is split in two by the Vrbas, a very rough river that, just a short distance from Banja Luka, suddenly loses its waterfalls and cascades, and flows gently into town.
This river, by many the most beautiful river in the entire country, is cherished by each community that has formed along her 207 kilometers.
The sometimes steep corridors are not always conducive to navigating her beautiful waters yet one of the most frequent motifs of the Una are the small boats with anglers and the ever-increasing number of rafters and kayakers.
www.traveltobosnia.net /northwest.html   (1392 words)

  
 math lessons - Bosna River
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos writes in De Administrando Imperio that a Serb tribe which settled in the Bosna River Valley the 7th century.
Croatian academics have pointed out that the Bosna River Valley could have been Croats, but this is not generally accepted since these claims rely on Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, which has been discredited as unreliable and full of errors.
It is now accepted in most academic circles outside of Croatia that Travunia / Travunja, Zachumlie / Zahumlje, the Bosna River Valley and Zeta / Duklja were settled with Serb tribes, as it states in De Administrando Imperio.
www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Bosna   (562 words)

  
 SEE Portal - Homepage / News / News:This Week's News - Is There Hope for Vrbas River?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
With its understanding of the importance that the Vrbas holds for the whole region, in terms of its potential as a source of potable water, agriculture, tourism, biodiversity and other uses, the Coalition gathered 6,500 signatures from the citizens of Banja Luka opposed to the construction of high-dams.
Aleksandar Pastir from the "Canyon" Rafting Club says that a study of the potentials of the Vrbas in terms of the sports and recreational activities and tourism has never been conducted, so that nobody is quite aware what the loss of the Vrbas as it is today would mean.
The activities of the Coalition to Protect the Vrbas River, which includes 30 civic associations and 6,000 citizens of Banja Luka that signed the petition against the dams, give us the hope that this project will not be implemented.
see.oneworld.net /article/view/99941/1/3260   (486 words)

  
 Бањалука   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
It is located in the northwest of the country, on the Vrbas river.
The source of the river Vrbas is some 90 km.
In 2005, the European Championships in Rafting were held on the river Vrbas.
www.phrasebase.com /forum/read.php?TID=17781   (2122 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
It is located in northwestern Bosnia, on both sides of the river Vrbas, which originates from a charming rock canyon and flows down into the Pannonian plain.
Banja Luka covers some 93.2 km² (57.9 mi²) of land in northwestern Bosnia on the river Vrbas.
Rafting on the Vrbas (river) is an under appreciated local tourist attraction.
www.blboogie.com /devel/content/hostcity.html   (1020 words)

  
 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
It is located in northwestern Bosnia, on the river Vrbas.
The spring of the river Vrbas is some 90km to the south, and the tributary rivers Suturlija, Crkvena, and Vrbanja flow into Vrbas in Banja Luka.
Rafting on the Vrbas (river) is realy tourist attraction.
www.creekin.net /c1462-n24-banja-luka-bosnia-and-herzegovina.html   (1999 words)

  
 A Chance for a Living Danube, living rivers and floodplains in the Danube River Basin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
This is accompanied by planning new dams on other streams and rivers for hydropower, new dikes and reservoirs for technical flood protection.
It is obliged to the aim of the European Water Framework Directive of improving water and river ecology to reach a good ecological status and to prevent deterioration.
Possibilities are for navigation improvement of logistics and railroad transport, for hydropower measures to save energy, energy efficiency and other less developed renewable energies with minor adverse ecological effects, for flood defence the re-use of former floodplains, restoring of rivers and oxbows and different forms of agricultural land use to hold back and retard water.
www.cceg.ro /2006stiri/Chance.htm   (587 words)

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