2. GEOGRAPHY
Ploče is located on the Adriatic coast
in Dalmatia just north of the Neretva Delta and is
as such the natural seaside endpoint of most
north-south routes through the central Dinaric
Alps. This makes it the primary seaport used
by Bosnia and Herzegovina and the endpoint of
the Pan-European corridor 5C.
3. HISTORY
Ploče was named Kardeljevo after
the Yugoslav politician Edvard Kardelj between 1950
and 1954 and again between 1980 and 1990. Some
locals call their city Ploča.
4. BAĆINA LAKES
The Baćina lakes are located in Dalmatia, Croatia.
They are named after the inland town of Baćina
close to the port city of Ploče. The lakes are part of
a picturesque landscape and surrounded by
mountains. They are situated between Makarska
and Dubrovnik. It is a crypto-depression lake, with
its bottom below the surface of the sea.
5. The seven lakes cover an area of 138
hectares and they are named Oćuša,
Crniševo, Podgora, Sladinac, Vrbnik, Šipak
and Plitko. Six of these lakes are linked. The
largest lake is Oćuša and the deepest is the
Crniševo (34 m).
6. • The lakes are connected with the sea and at
times the water can be brackish,also the
surface of the lakes lies 80 cm above sea level.
Salty water is found at the bottom of the
deepest lake Crnisevo.
7. NERETVA
Neretva is the largest river of the eastern part of
the Adriatic basin. Four HE power-plants with large
dams (higher than 15 metres) provide flood
protection, power and water storage. It is still
recognized for its natural beauty and diversity of its
landscape.
8. The Neretva spills out into the Adriatic Sea, building
a wetland delta that is listed under the Ramsar
Convention as internationally important. In this
lower valley in Croatia, the Neretva River splinters
into multiple courses, creating a delta covering
approximately 12,000 hectares.
9. • The marshes, lagoons and lakes that once dotted
this plain have disappeared and only fragments of
the old Mediterranean wetlands survive.
10. • Wetlands, marshes and lagoons, lakes, beaches,
rivers, hummocks (limestone hills) and
mountains comprise the delta, with five
protected areas with a total area of 1,620 ha.
These are ornithological, ichthyologic and
landscape reserves.
