Pliva Waterfall Explained

Pliva Waterfall
Alt Name:Jajce Waterfall
Native Name:Plivski vodopad
Map:Bosnia#Dinaric Alps
Relief:yes
Coordinates:44.3377°N 17.2706°W
Location:Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Type:Segmented
Elevation:1000m (3,000feet)
Height:22m (72feet)
Height Longest:30m (100feet)
Number Drops:1
Average Width:30m (100feet)
Average Flow:3m3/s
Watercourse:Pliva river

The Pliva Waterfall (Serbian: Пливски водопад) is located by the town of Jajce, in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the river Pliva meets the river Vrbas. The waterfall is a large tufa, also known as travertine barrier, making over 22 meters cascade on the Pliva river, in a narrow karstic zone, which follows the Pliva course, retracted into a flysh and limestone contact zone. It was 30 meters high, but after an earthquake during the Bosnian war and attacks on the power plant further up the river, the area was flooded and now the waterfall is 22 meters high. The old Jajce walled city core, including the waterfall, and other individual sites outside the walled city perimeter, such as the Jajce Mithraeum, is designated as The natural and architectural ensemble of Jajce and proposed for inscription into the UNESCO's World Heritage Site list. The bid for inscription is currently placed on the UNESCO Tentative list.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The natural and architectural ensemble of Jajce – UNESCO World Heritage Centre . UNESCO World Heritage Centre . 25 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180110160709/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/2098/ . 10 January 2018 . live . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre – Tentative Lists: Bosnia and Herzegovina. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170716223857/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/state=ba. 16 July 2017. 25 July 2017. UNESCO World Heritage Centre.