Mostarska Bijela

Mostarska Bijela
Bijela
Mostarska Bijela; Bijela
	Dolina Bijele
Location
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Municipality	Mostar
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Prenj
• coordinates	43°33′58″N 17°48′20″E / 43.5660886°N 17.8055334°E
Salakovačko Lake
Waterfalls	series of unnamed underground falls within cavernous stretch of the course

Mostarska Bijela or simply Bijela is a mountain creek and gorge in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite its low discharge and relatively short flow, this river takes a significant place in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Dinaric karst's geology and hydrology.

Geography

The Mostarska Bijela is a left tributary of the Neretva river. It begins at the south-western slopes of Prenj mountain, where it is called Gornja Bijela ("Gornja" in English: "Upper"), and flows in direction of north to south-southwest and into the Neretva at Bijela village in the region of Drežnica Donja and Salakovac.

Rare geology

The Mostarska Bijela river shapes a rare and unique

mountaineers

, especially for canyoning and speleologist.

Highway A1 Corridor Vc environmental controversy

According to the first variant of the proposed route of a new highway through Prenj, valleys of the Konjička Bijela and the Mostarska Bijela should be heavily affected, where not much of its natural environment would remained. Beautiful karst phenomenons of deep canyons, underground waterfalls and caves in Mostarska Bijela valley will be destroyed, or at least covered by the asphalt, concrete or stone fill from the tunnels.