Drina
Drina is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 43.85°, 19.22°
About Drina
The Drina (Serbian Cyrillic: Дрина, pronounced [drǐːna]) is a 346 km (215 mi) long river in the Balkans, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube River drainage basin.
The Drina originates from the confluence of the rivers Tara and Piva, in the glen between the slopes of the Maglić, Hum and Pivska Planina mountains, between the villages of Šćepan Polje, Montenegro and Hum, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Drina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Drina in Depth
Ecology and wildlife
The Drina river, together with its source tributaries, the Tara and the Piva river before damming, and most major headwater tributaries such as Bistrica, Čehotina, Lim, Prača, Drinjača, are still Europe's primer habitat and spawning grounds for endangered salmonid fish species, huchen (Latin: Hucho hucho). However, intensive hydropower harnessing, with damming without the construction of fish ladder facilities, interrupting the river course, so far in three places (three hydro-electric power plants), separating populations DNA groups from each another and from its prey species, while obstructing movements longitudinally along the river, preventing it from reaching the spawning grounds in upper reaches of the basin.
In the basin of the Drina there are few designated protected areas so far.
Tourism
The Drina is part of the rafting route, which includes the Tara river. There are various rafting routes, depending on the length, including 18 kilometres (11 mi) miles long one-day runs from Brstnovica to Sćepan Polje.
The Drina Regatta is the annual tourist and recreational event, organised by S.T.C. "Bajina Bašta" and the municipality of Bajina Bašta since 1994. The regatta is the most visited event in Western Serbia, and central summer event on the water in the region.
The Šargan Eight is a narrow-gauge heritage railway in Serbia, running from the village of Mokra Gora to Šargan Vitasi station, with an extension to Višegrad in Bosnia and Herzegovina, finished on 28 August 2010. The route includes the transfer of passengers to a boating tour along the Perućac lake.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Drina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Drina: Key Facts
| Length | 346 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 125 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 19,570 km² |
| Mouth | Sava |
| Drainage system | Danube basin |
| Tributaries | Lim, Ćehotina, Rzav, Prača, Bistrica (Drina), Sutjeska, Drinjača, Tara |
Facts from Wikidata Q186901 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Drina: Quick Answers
- Where is Drina?
- Drina is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro, at 43.8469° N, 19.2247° E.
- Are there dams on the Drina?
- No dam on the Drina is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.