River
Vrbas
240 km from source to mouth · Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and HerzegovinaFlows into Sava2nd longest in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In numbers
Length
240km
Average flow
33m³/s
Basin
5,023km²
Drop
654m
from 741 m to 87 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
240 km of river and 24 stops on the way: 14 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 741 m
- 0 kmVoljevac3,764 people
- 12 kmGornji Vakuf7,014 people
- 21 kmPajić Polje4,026 people
- 35 kmBugojno41,378 people
- 50 kmDonji Vakuf7,955 people
- 83 kmVeliko Plivsko Lake1.0 km²
- 86 kmPliva Waterfall
- 87 kmPlivatributary
- 87 kmJajce9,763 people
- 92 kmDivičani7,251 people
- 108 kmUgartributary
- 125 kmBočac Lake0.4 km²
- 150 kmRekavicatributary
- 170 kmHiseti5,000 people
- 171 kmSuturlijatributary
- 172 kmMejdan - Obilićevo5,400 people
- 175 kmBanja Luka221,106 people
- 177 kmVrbanjatributary
- 187 kmTrn7,553 people
- 196 kmLaktaši6,464 people
- 206 kmMaglajani4,221 people
- 232 kmBardača
- 236 kmBardača Lake2.6 km²
- 238 kmSrbac7,380 people
- 240 kmSavaat 87 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Bosnia and Herzegovina
At the mouth it carries 33 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 76 seconds. It drops from 741 m to 87 m, 2.7 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 5,023 km², about the size of TT. 342,000 people live in it. Highest water: February and from November to December. Its dams hold back little of its water (2.0% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- Banja LukaLargest city on its banks · 221,106 people
- Banja Luka International Airport (BNX)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 20 km from the cityCar hire at TZL airport (Dubrave Gornje)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- Kayak and canoe9 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Vrbas, month by month
Highest water: February and from November to December
Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 31 m³/s in the lowest month to 180 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
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The basin
Vrbas: the basin in numbers
4,991 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 342,000people live in the basin
- 68/km²people per km²
- 713maverage altitude of the basin
- 1,002mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 8.6°Caverage air temperature
- 0.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 45% Forest
- 15% Cropland
- 18% Pasture
- 4% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Vrbas: what you find on the way
- 28Weirs
- 1Locks
- 9WaterfallsKrupa Falls, Slapovi na Krupi and 7 more
- 9Rapids
- 7River beachesBeach Club Rafting, Plaža Eko-centar Krajina, Javna plaža Karanovac and 4 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.6 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Vrbas in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1waterfall on the riverCascadyas
3lakes on its wayLakeyas
67mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Waterfalls (1)
On the river, by Cascadyas
- Pliva Waterfallkm 69
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Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Veliko Plivsko Lakekm 671.0km²
- Bočac Lakekm 1000.4km²
- Bardača Lakekm 1892.6km²
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Mountains at the source (67)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Nadkrstac10 km away1,928m
- Bijela Gromilica11 km away1,900m
- Mali Podborovac9.4 km away1,872m
- Vran Kamen1.6 km away1,865m
- Rosinj12 km away1,847m
- Objest3.1 km away1,829m
- Coso8.3 km away1,816m
- Matorac2.3 km away1,734m
59 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Vrbas in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
Sava
Serbia945 km1,700 m³/sTributaries (7)
Also: Pliva, Vrbanja, Ugar, Suturlija, Bistrička rika, Crna rijeka (Vrbas), Rekavica
Romania
Germany
Moldova
AustriaNearby
Rivers nearby
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| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q126712) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Cascadyas, Lakeyas, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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