Piva (river)
Bridge over Piva Canyon
Look at the Piva Canyon
Hydrographic map of the southeastern Dinarides
The Piva ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Пива ) is a river in Montenegro. He is the shorter of the two source rivers of Drina, which arises from the confluence of the Piva with the tare on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Course
The Piva springs from the Sinjac source (Cyrillic: Сињац ) in the Golija mountains, near the Monastery of Piva (also Vrelo Pive; Cyrillic: Врело Пиве; German source of Piva, literally eye of the Piva ). Before the Piva Reservoir was dammed, the water from the spring flowed into the river Komarnica (Cyrillic: Комарница ), so as to form for the next 34 km the river Piva. The Komarnica in turn is part of a 86 km long river system ( Tušina - Bukovica - Bijela - Komarnica ), so that - from the source of Tušina (Cyrillic: Тушина ) from measured - the Piva, which is also jokingly called river with five names is 120 km long.
The Tušina from Mount Sinjajevina in Uskoci - region in central Montenegro, a few kilometers away from the source of Morača. The Tušina initially flows westward, between the Sinjajevina and Lola mountains, past the villages Krnja Jela, Bare, Boan and Tušina. There she takes to the flowing north from Bukovica, and sets its course continued under this name. After the flow has passed through the Regional Centre Šavnik and the villages of Gradac and Pridvorica in Drobnjaci region, he takes on the Komarnica and now takes its name. The Komarnica continues its run through the Vojnik and Treskavac Mountains in virtually uninhabited area continues, and reaches the plateau of the Piva plateau where it turns north. Almost the entire duration of the Komarnica is now flooded by the Piva Dam. The Komarnica takes the water of Piva - source, henceforth called Piva and enters the deep Piva Canyon.
The canyon cuts a between the Bioč, Volujak, Maglić and Pivska Planina mountains, 33 km long, and up to 1,200 m deep. The Piva is dammed by the completed in 1976, 220 m high Mratinje Dam. The Piva Dam is long in the 33 km, occupies an area of 12.5 km ², is up to 188 m deep and is the largest reservoir in Montenegro. He flooded the original location of the Piva monastery, in order to obtain it, was completely demolished and rebuilt at its current location again.
The Vrbnica in the Piva Dam - In Plužine pours - coming from the west. After the dam the Piva continues its course straight away to the north. In Šćepan Polje on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina it unites with the Tara to the Drina.
The Piva belongs to the catchment area of the Black Sea. The catchment area of 1270 km ² comprises Piva. The Piva is not navigable.
Piva plateau
The Piva plateau ( Montenegrin: Pivska Povrs, Cyrillic: Пивска површ ) is a high-altitude karst level in the catchment area of Piva, between the Durmitor, Maglić, Lebršnik, Golija and Vojnik Mountains. The plateau is 55 km long, 30 km wide and of a average height of 1,200 m, the highest elevation 2,159 m high .. The Komarnica - Piva divides the plateau into two regions: the western Pivska Zupa (Cyrillic: Пивска Жупа ) and eastern Pivska planina (Cyrillic: Пивска планина ). The area is characterized by karst formations such as caves, sinkholes and washouts. The plateau is sparsely populated, so there are only about 20 small settlements in the Pivska Zupa and 15 in the Pivska planina.