Municipality Foča
Foča (1994–2004. Srbinje), a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Located in the southeastern part of the country on the border with Montenegro and Serbia, near Šćepan Polje where the Drina River originates. Administratively it belongs to the Republika Srpska, and from 1994 to 2004 it was called Srbinje
It is located in the southeast of the country, on the border with Montenegro. It borders the municipalities of Čajniče, Foča-Ustikolina, Goražde, Kalinovik and Gacko. This is the municipality with the highest peak in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mount Maglić 2386 meters). Some parts belong to the highest mountainous area in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which several peaks exceed 2000 meters above sea level. The municipality is home to the famous rainforest in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest in Europe – Perućica, which is located within the Sutjeska National Park. In this still…
All this has influenced the fact that Foča has become a favorite meeting place for rafting and rafting enthusiasts, mountaineers, hunting and fishing, and those who enjoy untouched natural beauty. All kinds of flora and fauna live in this remaining island of primeval nature, which is why it has been declared a strictly protected reserve, which is exclusively used for science and education with the aim of preserving it for future generations, primarily as part of the Sutjeska National Park.
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Perućica Rainforest
Perućica is the most famous of three protected rainforest reserves in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Perućica rainforest is part of the Sutjeska National Park
Certainly the most valuable pearl of the natural treasures of the Sutjeska National Park is the strictly protected Perućica reserve, one of the few preserved primeval forests in Europe. Back in 1938, foresters, while preparing a zoning study on Mount Maglić, found in the basin of the Perićica river, in the bay between Maglić, Volujak and Sniježnica, beautiful stands of beech, fir and spruce whose wood mass exceeded 1,000 m³ per hectare, and the height of individual trees reached over 50 m. Forest stands…
The view from the Vidikovac (Dragoš Sedlo) of Perućica and the Skakavac waterfall, which plunges from a height of over 70 m in the heart of the rainforest, fills one with satisfaction that this small part of primeval nature, with its rich multifunctional biodiversity, has been preserved for present and future generations. Preservation and protection of Perućica in its original state is one of the main tasks of the Sutjeska National Park. In the reserve, everything is left to nature. Birth, life, death and rebirth, that eternal life cycle…
The living world of Perućica expressed through vegetation (phytocenoses and plant communities, ecosystems, flora, fauna, etc.) is very diverse and rich. Due to its southern location in Europe (sub-Mediterranean-Mediterranean area), Perućica was a very important refugial area during the Ice Age, which enabled many thermophilic species of the European north and its center to be preserved in this area. The Ice Age affected the Perućica area, so its peak parts were covered with glaciers…
Within this strict nature reserve, in addition to forest stands of beech, fir and spruce, stands of subalpine beech, pure or with mountain maple, subalpine spruce, and vegetation of the mountain pine, or the so-called juniper pine, and mountain grassland vegetation are protected. In Perućica, as in other parts of the park, there is a real wealth and diversity of plant life, and a number of endemic and rare species. The richness of the plant life of Perućica can also be attested to by the fact that it has been registered…
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