| Žabljak | |||||||||
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| Pushpin Map: | Bosnia | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Livno | ||||||||
| Length: | 38km (24miles) - 66km (41miles) | ||||||||
| Source1 Location: | Gornji Žabljak village, suburb of Livno | ||||||||
| Mouth: | Bistrica | ||||||||
| Mouth Location: | Livanjsko Polje | ||||||||
| River System: | Buško Blato, Cetina | ||||||||
| Basin Landmarks: | Livanjsko Polje | ||||||||
| Waterbodies: | Lipsko lake, Buško Blato | ||||||||
| Extra: | Adriatic Sea | ||||||||
Žabljak is a river near Livno in Western Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It flows for roughly 6.6 kilometers westward through Livanjsko Polje before its confluence with the Bistrica, just upstream from beginning of its section with artificially created riverbed, from where river begins to turn southward toward Buško Blato.[1]
This stretch of the Žabljak, like all rivers in the southeastern half of Livanjsko Polje, is regulated. For 3.8 kilometers from its wellspring to the bridge on highway Livno-Split (M107/M16), where remains of an old bridge called "Rimski Most" (literally English: Roman Bridge) can also be found, the Žabljak runs unregulated, and from the bridge to its confluence with Bistrica, 2.8 kilometers, the riverbed is regulated.
Before the regulation, required for development of hydroelectric and irrigational system Buško Blato, the river joined Bistrica and Sturba to make the Plovuča river, which than continued flowing westward through polje until disappearing within main estavelle called "Veliki Ponor"* at the foot of Dinara mountain.