Vrbas River
The Vrbas is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a right tributary of the Sava river.
The Vrbas is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a right tributary of the Sava river.
The word „vrba“ means „willow" in Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian, and a number of weeping willow trees adorn the river banks in Banja Luka. It lent its name to one of the provinces or banovinas of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Vrbas Banovina.
The Vrbas river appears at the southern slope of the Vranica mountain near the town of Gornji Vakuf.
It empties into the Sava river at around 90 meters above sea level. Total length of the main watercourse is around 235 km.