Livno field

Livno field

The Livno field (Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian "Livanjsko polje") is a karstic field, circled by tall peaks. Buško Blato lies to the southeast, and Ždralovac to the northwest. Ždralovac is a narrow corridor by which the Livno field is connected to the Grahovo field, between the slopes of mount Dinara and mount Šator.

The field is located in the southwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and lies between the karstic mountains of Dinara and Kamešnica on the south, Tušnica on the east, Cincar and Golije on the north and Šator and Staretina on the west.

The field has an area of 405 km², and an average width of 6 km. It is located at an average height of 720 m above sea level. In the Neolithic age, the field was underwater. On the field itself there remains several lakes, of which Buško Blato has the largest accumulation in the region. Brežinsko jezero is another lake of note which lies on the northwest part of the field. When the Orlovac hydroelectric plant was built in the 1960s, it altered the climate of the entire Livno region. Long, cold winter months with large snowfalls with the characteristic bura wind, were replaced by rainy winters and long, warm summers.

Across the Livno field flow several rivers, which belong to the Adriatic branches of rivers. The most important of these are Sturba, Bistrica, Brina, Plovuča, Jaruga and Ričina which are rich in fish and crab. The largest city on the field is Livno itself, from which the field received its name. The city of Livno has approximately 12,000 inhabitants. It is located on the northeastern part of the field, beneath mount Bašajkovac. The largest villages on the field are Guber, Grborezi, Podhum, Prolog, Čuklić, Zabrišće, Bila, Čelebić, Lusnić, Strupnić, Kovačić, Vrbica and Bojmunte. The field is home to continental vegetable culture suck as potatoes and cabbage. Livestock, especially raising cattle and sheep, as well as the production of milk and cheese employs a good deal of the inhabitants of the field.


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